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Can I run Seed-OSS 36B Instruct on Apple M5 Max (128GB)?
Yes. Seed-OSS 36B Instruct runs on Apple M5 Max (128GB) at Q4_K_M (~22.5 GB of ~96 GB usable).
Runs at Q4_K_M using ~22.5 GB of ~96 GB usable. You have room for FP16 for higher quality.
That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes. Apple M5 Max (128GB) leaves ~73.5 GB of headroom, room to step up to FP16 for higher quality.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~22.5 GB
- Usable on device
- ~96 GB
- Device memory
- 128 GB
- Best quant
- Q4_K_M
Which quant fits
Run it
Pick your tool. All 2 load the same Q4_K_M weights.
llama-cli -hf bartowski/ByteDance-Seed_Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M lms get bartowski/ByteDance-Seed_Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct-GGUF How to run it
On macOS use LM Studio (Polished GUI, ships MLX on Apple Silicon, one-click model downloads.).
- Parameters
- 36B
- Q4_K_M size
- 20.27 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 35.78 GB
- Context
- 512k
- Memory
- 128 GB unified
- Usable for weights
- ~96 GB
- Best runtime
- MLX direct / Ollama (MLX backend)
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FAQ
Can Apple M5 Max (128GB) run Seed-OSS 36B Instruct?
Yes. Seed-OSS 36B Instruct runs on Apple M5 Max (128GB) at Q4_K_M (~22.5 GB of ~96 GB usable).
How much memory does Seed-OSS 36B Instruct need?
Apple M5 Max (128GB) has room to spare. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~20.27 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~22.5 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Seed-OSS 36B Instruct on macOS?
LM Studio for a simple setup; mlx-lm for the most speed. vLLM is NOT a Mac tool, it is a CUDA/Linux serving engine. Unified memory is not a fixed VRAM slice; ~70% is usable for weights.
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Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.