Will it run? / Nemotron 3 super 120B (A12B) / Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU, 64GB)

Can the Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU, 64GB) run Nemotron 3 super 120B (A12B)?

Won't fit No. Nemotron 3 super 120B (A12B) needs about 88.5 GB of memory, and the Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU, 64GB) can give a model about 48 GB. You'd need a machine with more memory, or a smaller model.

–estimated tokens/sec
88.5 GBmemory needed
48 GBavailable to the model
614 GB/smemory bandwidth

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the active part of the model from memory once: 8.7 GB. The Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU, 64GB) moves 614 GB/s, so the ceiling is 71 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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