What is the best local model for coding on the Apple M2 Ultra?

On the Apple M2 Ultra, Qwen3.8-27B-oQ8e-fp16-mtp ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (79.0/100 at ~34.4 tok/s).

What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the Apple M2 Ultra?

On the Apple M2 Ultra, Qwen3.6-27B-oQ8-mtp ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (80.0/100 at ~32.8 tok/s).

Hardware Benchmarks

Name: Apple M2 Ultra
Brand: Apple

Compare Apple M2 Ultra benchmark results and see which models actually earn the best completed quality scores.

GPU-specific specifications for local LLM planning.

Apple M2 Ultra

Models we recommend for Apple M2 Ultra.

Fastest & Best quality & Largest context

27B

34.9 tok/sQuality 83.9Context 262,144 tokens

Highest token generation speed at 34.9 tok/s. Highest completed quality score at 83.9. Largest context that fits in 128GB VRAM, at 262,144 tokens.

Which models actually run best on the Apple M2 Ultra, by task, from community benchmark data.

What is the best local model for coding on the Apple M2 Ultra?: On the Apple M2 Ultra, Qwen3.8-27B-oQ8e-fp16-mtp ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (79.0/100 at ~34.4 tok/s).
What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the Apple M2 Ultra?: On the Apple M2 Ultra, Qwen3.6-27B-oQ8-mtp ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (80.0/100 at ~32.8 tok/s).

Completed quality-ranked benchmark results for Apple M2 Ultra.