Device: Apple M5 (16GB)
Category: mac
Memory: 16 GB (unified), usable for models: 10.5 GB
Memory bandwidth: 153 GB/s
MSRP (USD): 1099
Best runtime: MLX direct / Ollama (MLX backend)
Notes: Base MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 (2025). recommendedMaxWorkingSetSize ~66% for <64GB = ~10.5GB usable. Fits 7-8B models at Q4_K_M. M5 adds a Neural Accelerator per GPU core for faster prompt processing.