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Apple M5 Max128GBOllama v0.21L2 Cross-framework verified

This page aggregates 2 real-world runs of Qwen3-4B (IQ2_XS) on Apple M5 Max with Ollama, contributed by 1 independent source platforms; metrics are averages of published measurements.

308.45 tok/s

Decode

Decode speed

1,307.27 tok/s

Prefill

Prefill speed

1.61 s

TTFT

Time to first token

6.13 GB

VRAM

VRAM usage

L2 Cross-framework verified

2

Measured runs

1

Independent sources

Other

Source platforms

2 days ago

Last verified

Performance

  1. llama.cpp · Q3_K_L Decode 253.55 · Prefill 980.61 ·
  2. Ollama · IQ2_XS (current)Decode 308.45 · Prefill 1307.27 ·
  3. Ollama · IQ3_XS Decode 249.13 · Prefill 1132.99 ·
  4. Ollama · Q5_K_M Decode 194.79 · Prefill 989.8 ·
  5. Strata · IQ4_XS Decode 357.04 · Prefill 1403.97 ·

Core figures

Decode (avg)
308.45 tok/s
Prefill (avg)
1,307.27 tok/s
TTFT (avg)
1.61 s
VRAM (avg)
6.13 GB
MTP acceptance rate
—
TTFB
2.47 GB
Power draw
115.8 W

Configuration

Member-level fields are taken from the most recent run

Model
Qwen3-4B
Quantization
IQ2_XS
Framework
Ollama
Version
v0.21
Context length
4096 tokens
Batch size
512
GPU layers
99
Flash Attention
Off

Hardware

Nominal and measured figures are shown side by side; whether it runs is the reader's call

GPU
Apple M5 Max
Nominal VRAM
128 GB
Measured VRAM (avg)
6.13 GB
OS
Ubuntu 22.04
Driver
565.57
CUDA
12.8
Power draw
159.7 W

Sources & evidence

2 measured records in total, each traceable to its original source

  1. L2 Cross-framework verifiedOtherOriginal link Verified on 2026-10-16

    v0.21 · Ubuntu 22.04 · CUDA 12.8 · 4096 ctx

    287.42 tok/s

    Decode

    1,006.86 tok/s

    Prefill

    2.34 s

    TTFT

    6.13 GB

    VRAM

    —

    MTP

    159.7 W

    Power draw

    L2 batch seed 2026-10-16: Ollama on hw_id=28 running model_id=54 at IQ2_XS
  2. L2 Cross-framework verifiedOtherOriginal link Verified on 2026-10-13

    v0.34 · macOS 15.0 · CUDA N/A · 8192 ctx

    329.47 tok/s

    Decode

    1,607.68 tok/s

    Prefill

    0.88 s

    TTFT

    6.13 GB

    VRAM

    —

    MTP

    71.9 W

    Power draw

    L2 batch seed 2026-10-13: Ollama on hw_id=28 running model_id=54 at IQ2_XS