Can the Apple M5 Max (64 GB) run Kimi K2.5 (1T)?

8 pts

No, it doesn’t fit

No. Kimi K2.5 (1T) needs about 416 GB even at Q2_K; the Apple M5 Max (64 GB) has 48.0 GB usable.

Download Kimi K2.5 (1T)

Recommended: Q2_K. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Ollama

Ollama only offered this as a cloud model, and has since retired it. To run it locally, use the GGUF files below with llama.cpp or LM Studio.

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q2_K files (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/unsloth/Kimi-K2.5-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Kimi-K2.5-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Moonshot AI, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5 (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

Reference code, inference scripts and docs from Moonshot AI. The weights themselves download from Hugging Face.

github.com/MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5 (opens in a new tab)

git clone https://github.com/MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5

Links checked 7 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How the F grade is scored

Every result gets up to 100 points from four parts. The points decide the letter grade.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	8.9 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU or unified memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.	0.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	0.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	0.0 / 15
Total	8.9 / 100	8 ptsWon't run (F) · 8 of 100 points: Model quality 8.9/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15

It doesn’t fit, so only a reduced share of the quality points counts and fit, speed and memory use score zero.

Grade scale: S 85+ · A 72+ · B 58+ · C 42+ · D 25+ · F under 25 points.

Every quantization on the Apple M5 Max (64 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Fit	Grade · points	Download
`Q2_K`	416 GB	48.0 GB	—	Won't run	8 ptsWon't run (F) · 8 of 100 points: Model quality 8.9/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	508 GB	48.0 GB	—	Won't run	10 ptsWon't run (F) · 10 of 100 points: Model quality 10.7/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	631 GB	48.0 GB	—	Won't run	12 ptsWon't run (F) · 12 of 100 points: Model quality 12.1/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	734 GB	48.0 GB	—	Won't run	12 ptsWon't run (F) · 12 of 100 points: Model quality 12.3/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	847 GB	48.0 GB	—	Won't run	12 ptsWon't run (F) · 12 of 100 points: Model quality 12.6/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	1,094 GB	48.0 GB	—	Won't run	12 ptsWon't run (F) · 12 of 100 points: Model quality 12.7/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	2,059 GB	48.0 GB	—	Won't run	12 ptsWon't run (F) · 12 of 100 points: Model quality 12.7/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Hardware that can run it

59 ptsGood (B) · 59 of 100 points: Model quality 29.7/45, Memory fit 4.0/25, Speed 10.3/15, Memory use 15.0/15 Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) Q2_K · 18.9 tok/s

Models that do run on the Apple M5 Max (64 GB)

96 ptsExcellent (S) · 96 of 100 points: Model quality 41.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Q6_K · 75.1 tok/s
96 ptsExcellent (S) · 96 of 100 points: Model quality 41.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15 Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q8_0 · 43.5 tok/s
96 ptsExcellent (S) · 96 of 100 points: Model quality 41.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15 Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q6_K · 75.1 tok/s
95 ptsExcellent (S) · 95 of 100 points: Model quality 40.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15 Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B Q6_K · 75.1 tok/s
94 ptsExcellent (S) · 94 of 100 points: Model quality 39.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15 Apodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 75.1 tok/s

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.