Apple M4 Ultra (192GB)
192 GB Unified · 819 GB/s
From
$7,999
Estimated street price
Unified Memory
192 GB
Bandwidth
819 GB/s
TDP
215W
Models
33
Tier
Datacenter-Class
The Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) with 192 GB unified memory can handle 33 AI models across reasoning, coding, ai_coding. Best performance: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct at 225 tok/s (excellent). For AI coding workflows, it supports the Full AI Builder tier, supporting concurrent coding + reasoning + embeddings. Current price: approximately $7,999.
Source: OwnRig methodology
192 GB
819 GB/s
Unified
215W
76
Mac Studio, Mac Pro
Builder Capability: Datacenter-Class AI Workstation
Runs very large models at high precision with room for long context windows. Best suited to Linux-first, DGX-style professional deployments rather than a typical consumer PC build.
Inference Backends
The software stacks that matter most for real-world inference on this device.
Metal
productionPrimary Apple Silicon backend across MLX and llama.cpp workloads.
What it can run
33 models| Arcee Trinity Large Thinking 400B | Q3_K_M | 3 tok/s | Not viable |
| Arcee Trinity Mini 26B | Q8_0 | 41 tok/s | Excellent |
| Arcee Trinity Nano 6B | Q8_0 | 177 tok/s | Excellent |
| DeepSeek R1 | Q2_K | 6 tok/s | Marginal |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | Q5_K_M | 24 tok/s | Good |
| DeepSeek V3 | Q2_K | 5 tok/s | Marginal |
| Gemma 3 27B | Q8_0 | 18 tok/s | Good |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | Q8_0 | 127 tok/s | Excellent |
| Gemma 4 31B | Q8_0 | 18 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Gemma 4 E2B | Q8_0 | 123 tok/s | Excellent |
| Gemma 4 E4B | Q8_0 | 76 tok/s | Excellent |
| GigaChat Lightning 10B | Q8_0 | 94 tok/s | Excellent |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Q5_K_M | 11 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Llama 3.2 11B Vision | Q8_0 | 63 tok/s | Excellent |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Q8_0 | 225 tok/s | Excellent |
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | Q8_0 | 150 tok/s | Excellent |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Q4_K_M | 24 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Llama 4 Scout | Q8_0 | 5 tok/s | Marginal |
| Mistral Large 2 123B | Q4_K_M | 15 tok/s | Acceptable |
| NVIDIA Nemotron-3-super-120B-A12B | Q4_K_M | 51 tok/s | Excellent |
| Phi-4 Mini | Q8_0 | 135 tok/s | Excellent |
| Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct | Q4_K_M | 9 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Q8_0 | 23 tok/s | Good |
| Qwen3-30B-A3B | Q8_0 | 25 tok/s | Good |
| Qwen3-32B Instruct | Q8_0 | 21 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Q8_0 | 44 tok/s | Excellent |
| Qwen3.5-27B | Q8_0 | 24 tok/s | Excellent |
| Qwen3.5-397B (MoE) | Q3_K_M | 44 tok/s | Good |
| Qwen3.6-27B | Q8_0 | 24 tok/s | Excellent |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Q5_K_M | 25 tok/s | Good |
| QwQ 32B Preview | Q8_0 | 21 tok/s | Good |
| Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large | FP16 | – | Good |
| Whisper Large V3 Turbo | FP16 | – | Excellent |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What AI models can Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) run?
- The Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) can run 33 AI models. Top performers include Llama 3.2 1B Instruct, Arcee Trinity Nano 6B, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct. See the full compatibility table above for speeds and quality ratings.
- Is Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) good for AI coding?
- Yes. With 192 GB, the Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) supports the Full AI Builder tier: concurrent coding + reasoning + embeddings.
- How much memory does Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) have?
- The Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) has 192 GB of unified memory with 819 GB/s bandwidth.
- Can Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) run 70B models?
- Yes. The Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) can run 70B parameter models in memory at quantized quality.
- Is Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) worth it for AI?
- At $7,999, the Apple M4 Ultra (192GB) offers 192 GB unified memory and runs 33 AI models. It handles local AI inference well.
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