Can MacBook Pro M3 Max 128 GB run LFM2.5 24B-A2B?
128 GB unified · 400 GB/s memory bandwidth · LFM2.5 24B-A2B has 24B parameters (2B active per token).
Short answer
Yes, excellent for chat and comfortable or better for every workload we test.
Best quantization for chat: Q4_K_M (14 GB of weights) on LM Studio. Generation: 140–190 tok/s, leaving about 103 GB free for your other apps.
How it rates for each workload
Same model and machine, different jobs. Agents and long documents send far bigger prompts than chat, so they need much more speed and memory.
| Workload | Verdict | Quant | Generation | First reply | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatwith Open WebUI | Excellent | Q4_K_M | 140–190 tok/s | under 1 s | 8K | Details |
| Coding questionswith Continue | Excellent | Q8_0 | 80–110 tok/s | ≈2 s | 16K | Details |
| Coding in a repositorywith Aider | Comfortable | Q8_0 | 75–100 tok/s | ≈6 s | 32K | Details |
| Agentic codingwith OpenCode | Comfortable | Q8_0 | 70–95 tok/s | ≈9 s | 32K | Details |
| Long documents (64K)with Open WebUI | Excellent | Q8_0 | 55–75 tok/s | ≈25 s | 64K | Details |
Speeds are estimates calibrated against measured benchmarks on similar hardware. “First reply” is the time to read the workload’s opening prompt. How we calculate
Other models for MacBook Pro M3 Max 128 GB
The best-rated models for chat on this machine.
- gpt-oss-120b65–85 tok/sExcellent
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B75–100 tok/sExcellent
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct70–100 tok/sExcellent
- Gemma 4 26B-A4B55–80 tok/sExcellent
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B75–100 tok/sExcellent
- gpt-oss-20b85–110 tok/sExcellent
Cheapest machines for LFM2.5 24B-A2B
Hardware rated comfortable or better for chat, lowest price first.
- Mac mini M4 24 GB$999 · 45–60 tok/sComfortable
- Mac mini M6 24 GB$1,299 · 50–85 tok/sComfortable
- Laptop · Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Radeon 890M) · 32 GB$1,300 · 35–60 tok/sExcellent
- Laptop · Core Ultra 7 258V (Arc 140V) · 32 GB$1,300 · 30–50 tok/sExcellent
- Mac mini M4 32 GB$1,399 · 45–60 tok/sExcellent
- MacBook Air M4 24 GB$1,399 · 45–60 tok/sComfortable
Different tool, context size or workload?
These pages use typical settings. The full check models your exact setup.