Can the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max run OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT-QLoRA?
Yes. OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT-QLoRA fits the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max's 48 GB at Q4_K_M (about 19.8 GB needed), running at an estimated 17 tok/s. There's room for up to Q8_0 if you want higher quality.
Every quantization
OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT-QLoRA (31.3B) on 48 GB
| Quant | Weights | Needs | Fit | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 18 GB | 19.8 GB | Fits easily | ~17 tok/s |
| Q5_K_M | 22 GB | 23.8 GB | Fits easily | ~14 tok/s |
| Q8_0 | 33 GB | 34.8 GB | Fits | ~9.5 tok/s |
| FP16 | 63 GB | 64.8 GB | Too big | - |
Estimates. Needs = weights + 1.8 GB for KV cache and runtime at modest context. Speed is single-stream decode scaled from the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max's 546 GB/s bandwidth (Estimated from memory bandwidth (llama.cpp decode)). Long contexts need more memory and run slower.
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Same model, other hardware - and other models on this card
OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT-QLoRA on other hardware
- RTX 5090~57 tok/s
- RTX 5090 D~57 tok/s
- RTX 6000D~50 tok/s
- RTX 4090~35 tok/s
- Radeon RX 7900 XTX~31 tok/s
- RTX 3090~30 tok/s
- Arc Pro B60~15 tok/s
- DGX Spark (GB10)~8.7 tok/s
Also runs on the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max
- deepseek-v4-flash-0731-spark~8.9 tok/s
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B~119 tok/s
- dolphin-2.9.1-yi-1.5-34b~16 tok/s
- Laguna-XS-2.1~16 tok/s
- Gemma 4 31B~16 tok/s
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT~16 tok/s
- Qwen3 32B~16 tok/s
- Qwen3.6 27B~20 tok/s
Frequently asked
Quick answers
Can the Apple MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max run OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT-QLoRA?
Yes. OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT-QLoRA fits the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max's 48 GB at Q4_K_M (about 19.8 GB needed), running at an estimated 17 tok/s. There's room for up to Q8_0 if you want higher quality.
How much VRAM does OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT-QLoRA need?
About 18 GB of weights at Q4_K_M, 33 GB at Q8_0 and 63 GB at FP16. Add roughly 1.8 GB for the KV cache and runtime at modest context lengths.
How fast is OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT-QLoRA on the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max?
Roughly 17 tokens per second at Q4_K_M (single user, llama.cpp-style decode). This is an estimate from the MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max's 546 GB/s memory bandwidth.