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Mac Studio M5 Max (32-core GPU) 36GB for local AI: price in Australia & what it can run

A$4,299cheapest found · Apple AU
36 GBunified (27.0 GB usable)
460 GB/smemory bandwidth
90 tok/sestimated, Llama 2 7B Q4_0

View at Apple AU → Price checked 20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST.

Benchmark

No public benchmark found for this exact hardware. Speeds on this page are bandwidth-based estimates using a median efficiency of 74%.

Specs: https://www.apple.com/au/mac-studio/specs/

AU prices found

RetailerListingPriceStockChecked
Apple AU
A$4,299
in stock
20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST
Mwave
A$4,299
in stock
20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST

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Which models fit? (8k context)

ModelQuantNeeds / usableFitEst. tok/s
Q4_K_M
464.4 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
499.4 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
20.0 / 27.0 GB
fits
187 estimate
Q4_K_M
348.5 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
15.7 / 27.0 GB
fits
281 estimate
Q4_K_M
45.9 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
22.5 / 27.0 GB
fits
187 estimate
Q4_K_M
305.3 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
2.0 / 27.0 GB
fits
363 estimate
Q4_K_M
464.4 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
195.9 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
458.4 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
110.3 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
18.4 / 27.0 GB
fits
20 estimate
Q4_K_M
20.2 / 27.0 GB
fits
187 estimate
Q4_K_M
9.1 / 27.0 GB
fits
47 estimate
Q4_K_M
23.0 / 27.0 GB
fits
187 estimate
Q4_K_M
81.4 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
22.1 / 27.0 GB
fits
18 estimate
Q4_K_M
17.2 / 27.0 GB
fits
148 estimate
Q4_K_M
6.0 / 27.0 GB
fits
70 estimate
Q4_K_M
7.1 / 27.0 GB
fits
58 estimate
Q4_K_M
4.1 / 27.0 GB
fits
121 estimate
Q4_K_M
77.0 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
20.4 / 27.0 GB
fits
187 estimate
MXFP4
12.4 / 27.0 GB
fits
178 estimate
MXFP4
63.5 / 27.0 GB
no
–
Qwen 3 4B older
Q4_K_M
4.6 / 27.0 GB
fits
140 estimate
Qwen 3 8B older
Q4_K_M
7.2 / 27.0 GB
fits
69 estimate
Q4_K_M
23.0 / 27.0 GB
fits
17 estimate
Q4_K_M
6.9 / 27.0 GB
fits
70 estimate
Q4_K_M
6.5 / 27.0 GB
fits
78 estimate

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