Will it run? / Nemotron 3 super 120B (A12B) / Mac Studio M5 Ultra (256GB)

Can the Mac Studio M5 Ultra (256GB) run Nemotron 3 super 120B (A12B)?

Fast Yes, at about 63 tokens/sec (estimated). Replies stream faster than you can read.

63estimated tokens/sec
88.5 GBmemory needed
192 GBavailable to the model
1228.8 GB/smemory bandwidth
ollama run nemotron-3-super:120b-a12b

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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 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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