Best video models for a 64 GB Mac
Which open-weight video models run on a 64 GB Mac. Verdicts come from exact Hugging Face file sizes, model card and app maker statements, and published runs.
- Run
- 8
- Unknown
- 0
- Does not fit
- 0
8 of 8 listed video models run on a 64 GB Mac: MiniMax H3, HunyuanVideo-1.5, Wan2.2 A14B, Mochi 1 preview, LTX-2.3, LTX-2.5, Wan2.1 and Wan2.2 TI2V 5B. Highest blind-vote rank among them: MiniMax H3, #8 of 48 in text to video (Arena, snapshot 2026-09-22).
A 96 and 128 GB Mac gets the same verdicts.
License check before commercial use: MiniMax H3, HunyuanVideo-1.5, LTX-2.3, LTX-2.5.
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Which video models run on a 64 GB Mac?
8 modelsRuns means a published run on 64 GB or less, or a model card or app maker figure at or below it. Does not fit means the weights the app keeps resident in the smallest complete build are larger than 64 GB. A Mac has one memory pool, so the text encoder cannot move out to a separate system RAM; an app that loads the text encoder and the main model one after the other counts only its largest stage. unknown means no source covers this size yet; it is not a failure.
| Model | Verdict | Why | Quality | App |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax H3MiniMax H3 Community License Agreement | Runs · Published on M5 Pro · 48 GB | A published run on M5 Pro · 48 GB, below this 64 GB tier used the ComfyUI GGUF Q5_K_M pruned denoiser with Parasyte Turbo (Bambushu workflow) build (36.6 GB download) in ComfyUI.Bambushu minimax-h3-mac README | #8 of 48 in text to video11,417 votes | Argus-AiTeam/minimax-h3-mac (MLX streaming), antirez/h3.c (Metal), ddalcu/mlx-serve, stable-diffusion.cpp, ComfyUI |
| HunyuanVideo-1.5Tencent Hunyuan Community License | Runs · Published | A dated run on Apple M2 Ultra with 64 GB of unified memory: ComfyUI official workflow, I2V 832x480, 73 frames.ComfyUI discussion #15109 | #38 of 48 in text to video4,292 votes | ComfyUI |
| Wan2.2 A14BApache License 2.0 | Runs · Published | A dated run on Apple M1 Max with 64 GB of unified memory: ComfyUI Q5_K_M I2V with the Lightning 4-step LoRA, 480x320, 25 frames.umamon on Zenn | #42 of 48 in text to video10,458 votes | PocketAI Wan2.2 MLX (pocketai-wan-video), ComfyUI |
| Mochi 1 previewApache License 2.0 | Runs · Published | A published run on M4 Max · 64 GB used the Official Diffusers BF16 variant build (40.0 GB download) in Diffusers.Zenn: Mochi 1 on M4 Max 64GB | #48 of 48 in text to video5,893 votes | Diffusers, ComfyUI |
| LTX-2.3LTX-2 Community License Agreement | Runs · Stated | Stated by the source: 48 GB of unified memory runs it, below this 64 GB tier (LTX Desktop on macOS 26+, full local generation).LTX Desktop README (Lightricks) | No independent score yet | Lightricks/LTX-2 ltx-pipelines, appautomaton/ltx-video-mlx, ComfyUI |
| LTX-2.5LTX-2.x Community License Agreement | Runs · Published | A dated run on Apple M1 Max with 64 GB of unified memory: KinoMLX FP16, 768x448, 5 s clip.KinoMLX LTX-2.5 performance | No independent score yet | Lightricks/LTX-2 ltx-pipelines, ComfyUI |
| Wan2.1Apache License 2.0 | Runs · Stated | Stated by the source: 32 GB of unified memory runs it, below this 64 GB tier (Draw Things, 720p up to 81 frames).Draw Things wiki: video generation | No independent score yet | ml-explore/mlx-examples Wan2.1, ComfyUI, FastVideo MLX (FastMetal) |
| Wan2.2 TI2V 5BApache License 2.0 | Runs · Published on M4 Max · 36 GB | A published run on M4 Max · 36 GB, below this 64 GB tier used the FastMetal 5B QAD (DMD2-distilled INT8 derivative, not the base model) build (19.5 GB download) in FastVideo MLX (FastMetal).FastMetal-QAD announcement | No independent score yet | Blaizzy/mlx-video, FastVideo MLX (FastMetal), ComfyUI |
Quality: blind human votes from Arena (arena.ai), CC BY 4.0, snapshot 2026-09-22. Scores are for the Arena checkpoint, not your local quantized build.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best video model for a 64 GB Mac?
MiniMax H3 has the highest blind-vote rank among the video models that run on a 64 GB Mac: #8 of 48 in text to video, from 11,417 votes (Arena, snapshot 2026-09-22). HunyuanVideo-1.5, Wan2.2 A14B, Mochi 1 preview, LTX-2.3, LTX-2.5, Wan2.1 and Wan2.2 TI2V 5B also run.
Which video models run on a 64 GB Mac?
MiniMax H3 (published run on M5 Pro · 48 GB), HunyuanVideo-1.5 (run on Apple M2 Ultra with 64 GB), Wan2.2 A14B (run on Apple M1 Max with 64 GB), Mochi 1 preview (published run on M4 Max · 64 GB), LTX-2.3 (48 GB stated by LTX Desktop README (Lightricks)), LTX-2.5 (run on Apple M1 Max with 64 GB), Wan2.1 (32 GB stated by Draw Things wiki: video generation) and Wan2.2 TI2V 5B (published run on M4 Max · 36 GB).