Apple MacBook Pro 14" M3 Pro 18GB
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Specifications
RAM
18 GB
Form Factor
laptop
Year
2023
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Memory Usage15.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length32,768 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run codestral
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
Memory Usage16.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length32,768 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gpt-oss:20b
Memory Usage14.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:12b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage12.0 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:14b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage11.9 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run mistral-nemo-q6_k
Memory Usage8.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:8b-q6_k
Memory Usage8.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b-q6_k