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Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Pro M5 Pro (64GB) run Granite 4.2 30B?

Granite · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 64.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Granite 4.2 30B at Q3_K_M · 14.1 GB · 13–19 tok/s on a MacBook Pro M5 Pro (64GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K10.9 GB16–24 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M14.1 GB13–19 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M17.7 GB10–16 tok/sTight / slow
Q5_K_M20.8 GB9–13 tok/sTight / slow
Q6_K24.0 GB8–12 tok/sTight / slow
Q8_031.1 GB6–9 tok/sTight / slow
FP1658.6 GB3–5 tok/sWon't fit

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