Apple Mac Studio M1 Max 32GB
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Specifications
RAM
32 GB
Form Factor
desktop
Year
2022
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Memory Usage24.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:32b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage25.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:27b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage22.5 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run mistral-small:24b-q6_k
Memory Usage24.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:32b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage24.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage21.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:30b-a3b
Memory Usage20.7 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length32,768 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run codestral-q6_k
Memory Usage11.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:14b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage12.0 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:14b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage11.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run phi4-q5_k_m