Can Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256 GB run GLM-5.3 (753B-A40B)?
256 GB unified · 819 GB/s memory bandwidth · GLM-5.3 (753B-A40B) has 753B parameters (40B active per token).
Short answer
No. It doesn't fit in memory.
Needs ≈312 GB but only ≈246 GB is available after the OS, other apps and Open WebUI.
Why it doesn’t fit
Even its smallest practical version (3-bit) needs about 312 GB for the model, its context memory and the runtime. After macOS (≈6.0 GB), a browser with a few tabs (≈3.0 GB) and Open WebUI (≈1.0 GB), Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256 GB has about 246 GB left, so it’s 66 GB short.
Ways to make it work
Close everything else
Not enough on its own: with every other app closed it’s still about 63 GB short.
Pick a smaller model from the same family
Get more memory
The same chip with 512 GB handles it: Comfortable.
Check your exact setup
These pages assume typical settings. A shorter context or a lighter chat app can change the answer.
Check Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256 GB
The same applies to every workload we rate (chat, coding questions, coding in a repository, agentic coding and long documents): they all need at least as much memory as chat.
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- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B100–130 tok/sExcellent
- LFM2.5 24B-A2B190–260 tok/sExcellent
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Different tool, context size or workload?
These pages use typical settings. The full check models your exact setup.