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Apple M2 Ultra (76c GPU, 192GB)

Curated Aggregate·2024-04-093 workloads · 3 records
MyAI RatingNot scoredInsufficient comparison evidence

VRAM

192 GB

TDP

80 W

MSRP

$7.0k

Perf/W

0.75 tok/s/W

Cost/1K tok

$0.0012/k

Tested

2024-04-09

Quick answer

How fast is Apple M2 Ultra (76c GPU, 192GB) for local AI workloads?

Apple M2 Ultra (76c GPU, 192GB) has a source-attributed result of 32.0 tok/s on Qwen 2.5 14B (batch 1, 8192-token context, Q4_K_M; runtime not documented). This is a reference report, not an independently verified lab result. A 70B Q4_K_M artifact needs roughly 40GB for weights alone; smaller memory configurations require explicit offload or model splitting and do not establish full-GPU residency.

Source: MyAIHardware benchmark database (bench-x3-m2ultra-qwen14b)As of 2024-10-04

Verdict

Apple M2 Ultra (76c GPU, 192GB) with 192GB VRAM at 80W TDP, scored across 3 workloads with 3 benchmark records.

Reference workload

Qwen 2.5 14B

32 tok/s

Quantization

Q4_K_M

8K context · batch 1

LLM Inference Performance

015304560Mistral 7BGemma 29BQwen 2.514B

Benchmarks (3 workloads)

WorkloadScoreQuantContextσStatusTested
Mistral 7B

llm

60.0tok/sQ4_K_M4K, Curated Aggregate2024-04-09
Gemma 2 9B

llm

44.0tok/sQ4_K_M8K, Curated Aggregate2024-07-12
Qwen 2.5 14B

llm

32.0tok/sQ4_K_M8K, Curated Aggregate2024-10-04

MyAI Score: not scored

There is insufficient comparable evidence to score Apple M2 Ultra (76c GPU, 192GB). A score needs results for multiple devices with matching workload, runtime version, quantization, context and batch size.

Workload Fit

Planning estimates for 192GB: weights plus at least 2GB or 10% overhead. Actual KV cache depends on model, context and cache format; confirm the artifact before buying.

Q4
Q8
FP16
7-8B
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
13-14B
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
32B
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
70B
Excellent
Excellent
Good
Reported batch-one examples
Qwen 2.5 14B32 tok/s
Gemma 2 9B44 tok/s
Mistral 7B60 tok/s

Source

Qwen 2.5 14B 4-bit MLX.

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Public Trust Layer

Trust score

6/10

MyAI rating

Not scored

Runs

Not documented

Freshness

Stale

Source-linked row with explicit verification status.

Record date: 2024-10-04; 705 days old.

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