llamaperf

M2 8GB vs M5 16GB

For running local LLMs · 2 reports across 2 models

Side A
M2 8GB
Vendor
apple
VRAM
8GB
Memory
Unified
Side B
M5 16GB
Vendor
apple
VRAM
16GB
Memory
Unified

Highest reported generation speed by model family

These maxima come from different community setups. Model size, quantization, GPU count, offloading and concurrency may differ. They do not establish which GPU is faster for the same workload. Check the comparison conditions →

ModelM2 8GBM5 16GB
Gemma 4up to 31B5.5n=1
Qwen3.8up to 2400B9.0n=1

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