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Can the Apple M4 Max run llama3.1 70B?

NO

44.2 GB vs 34 GB usable — does not fit

~34GB usable · Apple M4 Max · model file 43GB · 70B

~7–10 tok/s

computed roofline: 546 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 43.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run llama3.1 70B on instead

NIMO AI Mini PC (128GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs llama3.1 70B fully ($1999)

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