Raises estimated decode speed by about 224%.
~$9,999 MSRP
Cerebras-GPT 13B needs ~34.1 GB VRAM. Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB has 92.2 GB. With Q5_K_M quantization, expect ~51 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
Select quantization to explore
Fit status
Runs well
Decode
50.6 tok/s
TTFT
3829 ms
Safe context
111K
Memory
34.1 GB / 92.2 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
Shared-memory contention still exists
The OS, browser, and inference runtime all compete for the same physical memory pool, so real-world headroom is less forgiving than raw capacity suggests.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | B | Runs well | 50.6 tok/s | 2088 ms | 111K |
| Coding | B | Runs well | 50.6 tok/s | 3829 ms | 111K |
| Agentic Coding | B | Runs well | 50.6 tok/s | 5569 ms | 111K |
| Reasoning | B | Runs well | 50.6 tok/s | 4525 ms | 111K |
| RAG | B | Runs well | 50.6 tok/s | 6961 ms | 111K |
Inference speed
Estimated decode speed (tokens/sec) for Cerebras-GPT 13B at Q5_K_M across popular GPUs and Apple Silicon, using the fastest local runtime per device. Fastest is RTX 5090 32GB at ~131 tok/s. Speed is memory-bandwidth bound, so cards that fit the whole model in VRAM run far faster than ones that offload to system RAM.
| GPU / Mac | Memory | Quant | Speed (tok/s) | Fits? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 GB | Q5_K_M | 130.8 | Fits | |
| 24 GB | Q5_K_M | 83.5 | Tight | |
RX 7900 XTX 24GB | 24 GB | Q5_K_M | 75.3 | Tight |
| 24 GB | Q5_K_M | 71.4 | Tight | |
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB | 256 GB | Q5_K_M | 60.7 | Fits |
Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q5_K_M | 50.6 | Fits |
Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q5_K_M | 47.9 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB | 128 GB | Q5_K_M | 33.0 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q5_K_M | 33.0 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M3 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q5_K_M | 26.2 | Fits |
| 16 GB | Q5_K_M | 25.7 | Too big | |
MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q5_K_M | 24.0 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB | 48 GB | Q5_K_M | 20.2 | Fits |
| 12 GB | Q5_K_M | 9.0 | Too big | |
| 12 GB | Q5_K_M | 5.7 | Too big | |
| 8 GB | Q5_K_M | 3.2 | Too big |
Estimates for single-stream decoding at Q5_K_M; real tokens/sec varies with prompt length, context, batch size, and runtime build. Prompt processing (prefill) is faster than the decode figures shown here.
How Cerebras-GPT 13B (13B params) fits at each quantization level on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB (92.2 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.1 GB | Low | B55 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.4 GB | Low | B55 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.3 GB | Medium | B55 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 7.9 GB | Medium | B56 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 9.4 GB | High | B56 |
Q6_K | 6 | 10.7 GB | High | B56 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 13.9 GB | Very High | B56 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 26.7 GB | Maximum | B58 |
Copy-paste commands to run Cerebras-GPT 13B on your machine.
Run
docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \
--hf-repo "cerebras/Cerebras-GPT-13B" \
--hf-file "Cerebras-GPT-13B-Q5_K_M.gguf" \
-c 4096 -ngl 99升级选项
Raises estimated decode speed by about 224%.
~$9,999 MSRP
Raises estimated decode speed by about 189%.
~$9,999 MSRP
Yes, Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB can run Cerebras-GPT 13B with a B grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 50.6 tok/s.
Cerebras-GPT 13B (13B parameters) requires approximately 34.1 GB of memory with Q5_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Cerebras-GPT 13B is Q5_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB, Cerebras-GPT 13B achieves approximately 50.6 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 3829ms using Q5_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Cerebras-GPT 13B on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB receives a B grade with 50.6 tok/s and 111K context.
On Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB, Cerebras-GPT 13B can safely use up to 111K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 131K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
Not always. Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB can often fit larger models thanks to unified memory, but a discrete GPU with dedicated high-bandwidth VRAM may still decode faster once the model fits. For this combination, the important distinction is capacity versus sustained throughput.
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