Mac Studio & Mac Mini Local LLM Configurator

Unified Memory allocations, token bandwidth ceilings, and IDE + Docker co-tenancy budgets for Apple Silicon chips.

Configured Workload Fits Comfortably
68.4 GB used out of 128 GB Unified Memory (59.6 GB Headroom). Zero disk swap required.
OPTIMAL FIT
Unified Memory Footprint 68.4 / 128.0 GB (53.4%)
macOS Overhead (6.0 GB)
IDEs & Containers (16.0 GB)
Model Weights (42.0 GB)
KV Cache @ 16K (4.4 GB)
Swap / Spill (0.0 GB)
Model Weights
42.0 GB
Llama 3.3 70B @ Q4_K_M
KV Context Buffer
4.4 GB
16K fp16 KV cache
Estimated Token Speed
13.2 tok/s
Based on 614 GB/s mem bus
Available Headroom
59.6 GB
Safe for background compiling
Lineup Viability Matrix for Selected Model & Apps Click any configuration to switch
Device & Chip RAM Memory Bus Total Req. Estimated Speed Status