// RUN — FITS

Can the Apple M4 Max 128GB run Pharia-1-LLM-7B?

Yes — here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

Pharia-1-LLM-7B on the Apple M4 Max 128GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 760k 26.4-31.8 t/s ~0.5-0.6 (slow)
Q8 yes 814k 52.7-63.6 t/s ~1-1.2 (slow)
Q4 yes 837k 94.2-113.5 t/s ~1.7-2.1 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to SSD swap and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

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FAQ

Can the Apple M4 Max 128GB run Pharia-1-LLM-7B?▶

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~94.2-113.5 tok/s and fits up to 837k context; beyond that it spills to SSD swap and slows to ~1.7-2.1 tok/s.

How much context fits?▶

At Q4, up to about 837k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to SSD swap and throughput collapses.