Command R on Apple M2 Max · 64GB

✅ Runs comfortably — Command R 35B @ Q5_K_M
Command R 35B at Q5_K_M needs ~34.3 GB (weights 23.2 GB + KV 10.0 GB + overhead 1.2 GB @ 8K ctx) of your 45.0 GB usable (of 64.0 GB unified memory) — plenty of headroom. Expect ~5–9 tok/s (slow).
context @ Q5_K_M: comfortable to 8K · runs to 16K · won't fit past that on this rig
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~ Q8_046.3 GB~0.5–0.8 tok/s (slow)
✓ Q5_K_M34.3 GB~5–9 tok/s (slow)
✓ Q4_K_M30.7 GB~6–10 tok/s (slow)
✓ Q3_K_M26.7 GB~7–11 tok/s (usable)
$runlocal install command-r:35b
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Command R: Runs comfortably
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Same model, other machines: Apple M1 · Apple M1 Pro · Apple M2 · Apple M3 Pro · Apple M2 Pro · Apple M4 Pro

Also runs on a Apple M2 Max: DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Qwen3 · Llama 3.1 · Llama 3.3 · Qwen2.5

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