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Apple M5 Ultra512GBOllama v0.29L2 Cross-framework verified

This page aggregates 1 real-world runs of gemma-4-12B-it (Q3_K_L) on Apple M5 Ultra with Ollama, contributed by 1 independent source platforms; metrics are averages of published measurements.

86.92 tok/s

Decode

Decode speed

466.52 tok/s

Prefill

Prefill speed

1.79 s

TTFT

Time to first token

20.24 GB

VRAM

VRAM usage

L2 Cross-framework verified

1

Measured runs

1

Independent sources

Other

Source platforms

16 days ago

Last verified

Performance

  1. llama.cpp · IQ3_XS Decode 105.53 · Prefill 434.57 ·
  2. Ollama · Q3_K_L (current)Decode 86.92 · Prefill 466.52 ·
  3. Ollama · Q5_K_S Decode 66.58 · Prefill 239.33 ·

Core figures

Decode (avg)
86.92 tok/s
Prefill (avg)
466.52 tok/s
TTFT (avg)
1.79 s
VRAM (avg)
20.24 GB
MTP acceptance rate
—
TTFB
0.7 GB
Power draw
135.3 W

Configuration

Member-level fields are taken from the most recent run

Model
gemma-4-12B-it
Quantization
Q3_K_L
Framework
Ollama
Version
v0.29
Context length
4096 tokens
Batch size
256
GPU layers
33
Flash Attention
On

Hardware

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

GPU
Apple M5 Ultra
Nominal VRAM
512 GB
Measured VRAM (avg)
20.24 GB
OS
macOS 26.1
Power draw
135.3 W

Sources & evidence

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

  1. L2 Cross-framework verifiedOtherOriginal link Verified on 2026-10-19

    v0.29 · macOS 26.1 · 4096 ctx

    86.92 tok/s

    Decode

    466.52 tok/s

    Prefill

    1.79 s

    TTFT

    20.24 GB

    VRAM

    —

    MTP

    135.3 W

    Power draw

    L2 batch seed 2026-10-19: Ollama on hw_id=29 running model_id=65 at Q3_K_L