Apple MacBook Pro 16 M5 Max (128 GB, 8 TB)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 M5 Max (128 GB, 8 TB)
The most capable laptop for running your own AI.
- Puppy One fit: Pro
- Memory for models: 128 GB unified
- Chip / GPU: Apple M5 Max
- OS: macOS
- Validation: Mac: same platform as the tested setup (M4 Max)
- Availability: Available
- Note: Laptop: answers only while awake and on power.
16-inch laptop featuring the Apple M5 Max chip with an 18-core CPU, a 40-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, and a 16-core Neural Engine, 128 GB of unified memory, up to 8 TB of SSD storage, a Liquid Retina XDR display at 120 Hz, and Thunderbolt 5 at 120 Gb/s.
Designed to run and fine-tune frontier-class open-weight models on a laptop, with macOS, Core ML, and Apple's MLX framework, Xcode for developers, and the same silicon lineage as Mac Studio so models move between them unchanged.
Carries at 2.1 kg with up to 24 hours of battery for inference sessions unplugged, a 140 W adapter, Secure Enclave and Touch ID, and the ability to run a 70-billion-parameter model at 8-bit or a 120-billion-parameter model at 4-bit entirely in unified memory.