Best hardware for each model
Pick a model, get the hardware: cheapest card that runs it well, best value per dollar, fastest machine, and whether a Mac does the job. Engine estimates, updated with the dataset (2026-09-03).
Qwen3 8B
8B params — Q4_K_M
From AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT — runs on Mac Mini M6 16GB
Qwen3 14B
14B params — Q4_K_M
From AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT — runs on Mac Mini M6 16GB
GPT-OSS 20B
21B params — MXFP4
From AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT — runs on MacBook Air M5 24GB
Qwen3.8 27B
27B params — Q4_K_M
From AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT — runs on MacBook Air M5 24GB
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
70B params — Q4_K_M
From NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell — runs on MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB
GPT-OSS 120B
117B params — MXFP4
From AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo) — runs on MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Instruct
35B params — Q4_K_M
From AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX — runs on MacBook Pro M5 Pro 48GB
Gemma 4 26B-A4B
26B params — Q4_K_M
From AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT — runs on MacBook Air M5 24GB
Llama 4 Scout
109B params — Q4_K_M
From AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo) — runs on MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B
30B params — Q4_K_M
From AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo) — runs on MacBook Pro M5 Pro 48GB
tok/s are ModelFit engine estimates (bandwidth-bound), not measurements. Prices are dated listing medians. Data CC BY 4.0.