Fastest
Tiel-Coder-35B-A3B-MLX-oQ6e-MTP
35B
214.4 tok/s
Highest token generation speed at 214.4 tok/s.
Hardware Benchmarks
Best Local LLM Performance for Apple M5 Ultra
Compare Apple M5 Ultra benchmark results and see which models actually earn the best completed quality scores.
Hardware Overview
GPU-specific specifications for local LLM planning.
- VRAM
- 256GB
Recommended Models
Models we recommend for Apple M5 Ultra.
Best quality
ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B-oQ4e-mtp
27B
93.6 tok/sQuality 88.8
Highest completed quality score at 88.8.
Frequently asked questions
Which models actually run best on the Apple M5 Ultra, by task, from community benchmark data.
- What is the best local model for coding on the Apple M5 Ultra?
- On the Apple M5 Ultra, ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B-oQ4e-mtp ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (84.6/100 at ~93.6 tok/s).
- What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the Apple M5 Ultra?
- On the Apple M5 Ultra, ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B-oQ4e-mtp ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (89.1/100 at ~93.6 tok/s). Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-oQ4e-mtp:coding-xhigh is faster (~130.9 tok/s) and still scores well (85.2/100) — a good pick if you'd rather trade a little quality for speed.
Benchmark Results
Completed quality-ranked benchmark results for Apple M5 Ultra.