What is the best local model for coding on the Apple M5 Pro?

On the Apple M5 Pro, scottlowry--Qwen3.8-27B-oQ4e-mtp ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (83.9/100 at ~32.2 tok/s).

What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the Apple M5 Pro?

On the Apple M5 Pro, qwen3.6-35b-a3b-ud-mlx ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (88.6/100 at ~71.3 tok/s).

Hardware Benchmarks

Compare Apple M5 Pro benchmark results and see which models actually earn the best completed quality scores.

GPU-specific specifications for local LLM planning.

Apple M5 Pro

Models we recommend for Apple M5 Pro.

Fastest

27B

486.9 tok/s

Highest token generation speed at 486.9 tok/s.

Best quality

27B

32.2 tok/sQuality 85.1

Highest completed quality score at 85.1.

Largest context

30.5B

73.7 tok/sContext 65,536 tokens

Largest context that fits in 64GB VRAM, at 65,536 tokens.

Which models actually run best on the Apple M5 Pro, by task, from community benchmark data.

What is the best local model for coding on the Apple M5 Pro?: On the Apple M5 Pro, scottlowry--Qwen3.8-27B-oQ4e-mtp ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (83.9/100 at ~32.2 tok/s).
What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the Apple M5 Pro?: On the Apple M5 Pro, qwen3.6-35b-a3b-ud-mlx ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (88.6/100 at ~71.3 tok/s).

Completed quality-ranked benchmark results for Apple M5 Pro.