Apple M4 Max (32-core GPU, 36GB)
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Reference: Apple M4 on Wikipedia
- Class
- Mac
- Memory
- 36 GB LPDDR5X
- Runs (Q4_K_M)
- —
- Bandwidth
- 410 GB/s
- Released
- 2024-10-30
- Price (US)
- $2699 new as of 2026-08
- Price (Canada)
- CA$3499 new sourced, as of 2026-08
Sourcing and disambiguation notes
Apple's own store no longer lists any M4 Max configuration (superseded by M5 Pro/M5 Max, March 2026); $2,699 is finite/wasting channel inventory still sold new through Amazon/Best Buy (MacBook Pro 14-inch, 14-core CPU/32-core GPU, 36GB/1TB) as of August 2026, not a standing MSRP -- could go to null-new at any time as stock depletes. Canadian price: apple.com/ca configurator, confirmed live: Mac Studio, M4 Max chip (14-core CPU/32-core GPU), 36GB/512GB is the default/base configuration, listed "From $3,499" CAD, pre-tax.
Specification sources
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/4167 — community-table, 2026-01-16
- https://www.apple.com/mac-studio/specs/ — vendor, 2026-08-22
Measurements
Decode is token generation — the speed you feel while an answer streams. Prefill is prompt processing — the wait before it starts. Why bandwidth predicts decode speed.
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Speed over time
What it can run
Fit is arithmetic, not a measurement — how it is computed. Against 36 GB; models that fit are listed largest first.
No modeled quant fits in 36 GB.