M5 Ultra

Name: M5 Ultra
Brand: Apple
Price: 199900 TWD

Apple M5 Ultra: 96–512 GB of memory at 1200 GB/s. Below: the open models it can run, estimated at 512 GB with an 8K context. 1.2 TB/s and 96–512 GB of unified memory in the Mac Studio: 256 GB and up holds models like DeepSeek-V4-Flash that no single GPU here can. Apple says the 512 GB option ships in late October 2026.

Last updated: 2026-10-14

Specifications

Memory	96–512 GB LPDDR5X[src]
Memory bandwidth	1200 GB/s[src]
Launch	2026-09[src]
Launch price	US$5,499[src]
Architecture	Apple M5 Ultra (quad-die: two dual-die M5 Max joined by UltraFusion; 3 nm)[src]
Software	Metal / MLX

What it can run

Best-quality quantization that fits with a 8K context, and the estimated generation speed. Estimates, not benchmarks. See the methodology.

Memory configuration

Model	Params	Best quant	Memory	tok/s (est.)
DeepSeek-V4-Flash	284B (13B)	Q8_0	295.6 GiB	56
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next	180B (6B)	FP16	352.7 GiB	65
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B	122B (10B)	FP16	239.3 GiB	39
Mistral Small 4 119B (2603)	119B (6.5B)	FP16	233.4 GiB	60
gpt-oss-120b	117B (5.1B)	FP16	229.6 GiB	76
Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E Instruct	109B (17B)	FP16	215.2 GiB	23
GLM-4.5-Air	106B (12B)	FP16	209.2 GiB	33
Qwen3-Coder-Next (80B-A3B)	80B (3B)	FP16	157.1 GiB	130
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct	70B	FP16	139.9 GiB	5.6
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B	35B (3B)	FP16	69.1 GiB	130
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B	35B (3B)	FP16	69.1 GiB	130
Qwen3-32B	32.8B	FP16	66.6 GiB	12
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B	32.76B	FP16	66.6 GiB	12
Gemma 4 31B IT	30.7B	FP16	61.6 GiB	13
Qwen3-30B-A3B (2507)	30.5B (3.3B)	FP16	60.9 GiB	118
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct	30.5B (3.3B)	FP16	60.9 GiB	118
GLM-4.7-Flash (30B-A3B)	30B (3B)	FP16	59.6 GiB	130
Qwen3.5-27B	27B	FP16	53.8 GiB	14
Qwen3.6-27B	27B	FP16	53.8 GiB	14
Qwen3.8-27B	27B	FP16	53.8 GiB	14
Gemma 3 27B IT	27B	FP16	54.3 GiB	14
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	25.2B (3.8B)	FP16	50.1 GiB	103
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct (2506)	24B	FP16	48.7 GiB	16
Magistral Small 1.2 (2509)	24B	FP16	48.7 GiB	16
Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct (2512)	24B	FP16	48.7 GiB	16
gpt-oss-20b	21B (3.6B)	FP16	41.8 GiB	108
Phi-4 (14B)	14B	FP16	29.4 GiB	28
Gemma 3 12B IT	12B	FP16	24.8 GiB	33
Gemma 4 12B Unified IT	11.95B	FP16	24.2 GiB	33
Qwen3.5-9B	9B	FP16	18.4 GiB	43
Qwen3-8B	8.2B	FP16	17.7 GiB	48
DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B	8.19B	FP16	17.6 GiB	48
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	8B	FP16	17.1 GiB	49
Gemma 4 E4B IT	8B	FP16	16.4 GiB	49
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	3.21B	FP16	7.7 GiB	121
Kimi K2.6	1000B (32B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
DeepSeek-R1-0528 (671B)	671B (37B)	Doesn't fit	–	–

Prices

Latest price at each shop, as listed on the day we checked.

Region	Shop	Listing	Price	Per GB	Checked
Taiwan	Apple	Mac Studio，M5 Ultra 晶片，30 核心 CPU、64 核心 GPU，96GB 統一記憶體，1TB 儲存裝置Price shown in Apple Store configurator for this configuration	NT$199,900	NT$2,082/GB	2026-10-14
US	Apple	Mac Studio, M5 Ultra chip, 30-core CPU, 64-core GPU, 96GB memory, 1TB storagePrice shown in Apple Store configurator for this configuration	US$5,499	US$57/GB	2026-10-14

Taiwan value: about 160.8 tok/s on Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Q4_K_M, 8K), or 0.8 tok/s per NT$1,000.
US value: about 160.8 tok/s on Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Q4_K_M, 8K), or 2.9 tok/s per US$100.

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Frequently asked questions

Which LLMs can the M5 Ultra run?

With 512 GB and an 8K context, the largest models that fit include: DeepSeek-V4-Flash, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B, Mistral Small 4 119B (2603), gpt-oss-120b. See the full table below.

How fast is the M5 Ultra for local LLMs?

Generation speed is mostly set by memory bandwidth (1200 GB/s). For Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at FP16, expect roughly 49 tokens/s; bigger models are slower.

Can the M5 Ultra run 70B models?

Yes. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct fits on the M5 Ultra (512 GB) at FP16 with an 8K context, using about 139.9 GiB, at an estimated 5.6 tokens/s.