MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB Price & Used Prices: Which Local LLMs Can It Run?
The MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB has 128GB of LPDDR5X memory with 614 GB/s of bandwidth. The median asking price is about $7,250 on eBay. At Q4 quantization it runs models up to 70B parameters at roughly 8 tokens/s.
MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB price history
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Full MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB specifications
What LLMs can the MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB run?
Versions released since 2026 with up to 500B parameters| Model | 2-bit | 4-bit | 8-bit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fits | Speed t/s | Context | Fits | Speed t/s | Context | Fits | Speed t/s | Context | |
| GemmaGemma 4 E4B | ✓ | 92.8 | 128K | ✓ | 65.5 | 128K | ✓ | 37.2 | 128K |
| QwenQwen3.5 9B | ✓ | 76.1 | 128K | ✓ | 53.9 | 128K | ✓ | 30.7 | 128K |
| GemmaGemma 4 12B | ✓ | 53.5 | 128K | ✓ | 39.3 | 128K | ✓ | 23.4 | 128K |
| GemmaGemma 4 26B A4B | ✓ | 88.7 | 128K | ✓ | 73.9 | 128K | ✓ | 51.7 | 128K |
| QwenQwen3.6 27B | ✓ | 28.6 | 128K | ✓ | 19.7 | 128K | ✓ | 11 | 128K |
| QwenQwen3.8 27B | ✓ | 28.6 | 128K | ✓ | 19.7 | 128K | ✓ | 11 | 128K |
| GLMGLM 4.7 Flash | ✓ | 125.2 | 128K | ✓ | 103.4 | 128K | ✓ | 71.3 | 128K |
| GemmaGemma 4 31B | ✓ | 21.2 | 32K | ✓ | 15.5 | 32K | ✓ | 9.1 | 32K |
| QwenQwen3.6 35B A3B | ✓ | 120.5 | 128K | ✓ | 100.1 | 128K | ✓ | 69.7 | 128K |
| QwenQwen3.8 Flash Next | ✓ | 90.7 | 128K | ✓ | 69.4 | 128K | Offload | 11.7 | — |
| DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Flash | ✓ | 51 | 128K | Offload | 10.9 | — | Offload | 6 | — |
| HunyuanHy3 | ✓ | 31.9 | 32K | Offload | 6.2 | — | Offload | 3.4 | — |
| GLMGLM 5.3 Flash | Offload | 8.7 | — | Offload | 6.5 | — | Offload | 3.9 | — |
Fits when weights + KV cache + runtime overhead is at or below usable memory, single card. "Offload" on MoE models means it runs with expert weights in system RAM (only attention layers and KV cache stay in VRAM); that speed assumes 70 GB/s RAM bandwidth. The context column is the largest tier that fits.
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FAQ
How much VRAM does the MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB have?
The MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB has 128GB of LPDDR5X memory with 614 GB/s of bandwidth.
Can the MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB run a 70B model?
Yes. At Q4_K_M with an 8K context a 70B dense model needs about 43GB, which fits in the MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB's 128GB.
How much does a MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB cost?
The median asking price is about $7,250 on eBay. Figures are medians of live listings, refreshed every 6 hours.