M5 Max 128GB vs RTX 3060 12GB
For running local LLMs · 41 reports across 10 models
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 →
| Model | M5 Max 128GB | RTX 3060 12GB |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8up to 2400B | 55.0n=5 | 50.6n=12 |
| Qwen3.6up to 35B | 79.4n=4 | 70.0n=5 |
| Gemma 4up to 31B | 7.5n=3 | 60.0n=2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flashup to 285B | —n=1 | 10.1n=2 |
| Qwen3.5up to 122B | —n=1 | 12.0n=1 |
| GLM-5.3up to 321B | 24.0n=1 | — |
| KAT-Coder V2.5-Dev | — | 14.2n=1 |
| Nex-N2.5-mini | 133.6n=1 | — |
| StepFun 3.7 | 33.9n=1 | — |
| Tencent-HY3up to 295B | 32.4n=1 | — |