Apple M2 Ultra: 192 GB, what it runs and what it costs
Specs checked · Aliteq Team · How we compute this
The short answer
The Apple M2 Ultra has 192 GB of VRAM and 819.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth (2023). At Q4_K_M quality or better with an 8K context it runs 43 of the open models we track; the largest that fits with room to spare is Qwen3.5 122B-A10B (MoE). We don't see it for rent on the providers we track right now.
- VRAM
- 192 GB
- Bandwidth
- 819.2 GB/s
- Board power
- —
- Launched
- 2023
Source: Apple specification · bandwidth not yet confirmed by a second source, so we don't estimate speed from it
Buy it or rent it
Not for rent on the providers we track right now. See every card that is.
Which AI models run on the Apple M2 Ultra
Computed by our VRAM engine for an 8K context: the best quality each model fits at in 192 GB. Speeds are upper-bound estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.
| Model | Best fit | VRAM used | ~tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 235B-A22B (MoE) | Q6_K | 182 GB95% · tight | — |
| MiniMax-M2.5 (MoE) | Q6_K | 177 GB92% · tight | — |
| Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (MoE) | Q8_0 | 179 GB93% · tight | — |
| Qwen3.5 122B-A10B (MoE) | Q8_0 | 125 GB65% | — |
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B (MoE) | Q8_0 | 123 GB64% | — |
| gpt-oss 120B (MoE) | Q8_0 | 117 GB61% | — |
| Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E (MoE) | Q8_0 | 109 GB57% | — |
| GLM-4.5-Air (MoE) | Q8_0 | 107 GB56% | — |
| Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (MoE) | F16 | 150 GB78% | — |
| Qwen3-Coder-Next 80B-A3B (MoE) | F16 | 149 GB78% | — |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill 70B | F16 | 135 GB70% | — |
| Mixtral 8x7B (MoE) | F16 | 89 GB46% | — |
Fits only below Q4 quality: MiniMax-M3 (MoE) (Q2_K).
Too big for 192 GB (rent a bigger card instead): what it costs to run GLM-5.3 (MoE), what it costs to run DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (MoE), what it costs to run DeepSeek V4 Pro (MoE), what it costs to run Kimi K3 (MoE).
Check a model and context of your own in the VRAM calculator.
Cards to compare it with
- Apple M4 Max (16-core CPU / 40-core GPU) · 128 GB
- DGX Spark (GB10 Grace Blackwell) · 128 GB
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo,) · 128 GB
- Apple M2 Max · 96 GB
- RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition · 96 GB
- RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition · 96 GB
Every card by VRAM tier: all GPUs for gaming and local AI.