Will it run? / gpt-oss 120B / Mac Studio M5 Ultra (256GB)

Can the Mac Studio M5 Ultra (256GB) run gpt-oss 120B?

Fast Yes, at about 120+ tokens/sec (estimated). Replies stream faster than you can read.

120+estimated tokens/sec
66.5 GBmemory needed
192 GBavailable to the model
1228.8 GB/smemory bandwidth
ollama run gpt-oss:120b

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the active part of the model from memory once: 2.8 GB. The Mac Studio M5 Ultra (256GB) moves 1228.8 GB/s, so the ceiling is 120+ tokens/sec. Real machines reach a fraction of that ceiling; we use 80%, calibrated against a measured Mac run. Send us your real numbers and we'll replace the estimate.

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