Apple M3 Ultra (80-core GPU, 512GB) × Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Can the Apple M3 Ultra (80-core GPU, 512GB) run Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?
Yes
Yes. The Apple M3 Ultra (80-core GPU, 512GB) can run Llama 3.2 3B Instruct at up to F16 (needs ~8.3 GB of 384 GB usable), at an estimated ~182 tokens/sec at Q4_K_M.
Speed is estimated from memory bandwidth calibrated with a measured 92.14 tok/s Llama 2 7B Q4_0 result (source). No direct public benchmark of this exact pair is recorded yet.
By quantization (8K context)
| Quant | Memory needed | Fits? | Est. tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3_K_M | 3.3 GB | ✅ | ~226 |
| Q4_K_M | 3.7 GB | ✅ | ~182 |
| Q5_K_M | 4.1 GB | ✅ | ~154 |
| Q6_K | 4.5 GB | ✅ | ~133 |
| Q8_0 | 5.2 GB | ✅ | ~104 |
| F16 | 8.3 GB | ✅ | ~55.0 |
Fastest hardware for Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — ~300 tok/s at Q4_K_M
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 — ~300 tok/s at Q4_K_M
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 — ~300 tok/s at Q4_K_M
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti — ~300 tok/s at Q4_K_M
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — ~300 tok/s at Q4_K_M
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