Will it run? / Llama 3.2 Vision 90B / Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB)

Can the Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) run Llama 3.2 Vision 90B?

Too slow to enjoy Yes, at about 2.7 tokens/sec (estimated). It technically runs, but slowly enough to be frustrating. It only fits if you raise the GPU memory limit, and it'll be slower than usual.

2.7estimated tokens/sec
56.5 GBmemory needed
48 GBavailable to the model
307 GB/smemory bandwidth
ollama run llama3.2-vision:90b

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the whole model from memory once: 55 GB. The Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) moves 307 GB/s, so the ceiling is 5.6 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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