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Can the Apple M1 Ultra run gemma3 12B?

FULL

9.6 GB needed of 62 GB usable — headroom for context

~62GB usable · Apple M1 Ultra · model file 8.1GB · 12B

~54–79 tok/s

computed roofline: 800 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 8.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run gemma3 12B on instead

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs gemma3 12B fully ($135)

every model the Apple M1 Ultra can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the Apple M1 Ultra · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory