Builds / Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU, unified)
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) 128 GB running Qwen3.8 27B with MTP drafter
Source: omlx.ai ↗📏 How measured: reported by the original source; RigBase re-checked the numbers at that source
- GPU(s)
- Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU, unified)
- VRAM / unified memory (GB)
- 128
- CPU
- not stated
- Motherboard
- not stated
- RAM
- 128 GB unified
- PSU
- not stated
- Other
- not stated
- Reported total cost
- not stated
- Power
- not stated
Measured speed (generation tokens/sec)
| Model | Quant | Engine | tok/s | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 27B | 4-bit MLX + Qwen3.8-27B-MTP-4bit drafter | oMLX v0.6.0, MTP enabled | 45.3 | ⚡ spec-decode (MTP)prefill 963.4 tok/scontext: 1K (45.8 tok/s at 4K)📏 oMLX community benchmark upload, peak memory 19.1 GB |
oMLX benchmark upload.
Source: https://omlx.ai/benchmarks/performance/0v8crj8k
Blank fields = not stated in the source. We never estimate build data; GPU street prices above are separately sourced and dated.
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