MacBook Pro 14" for local AI

Every MacBook Pro 14" generation, with the memory bandwidth and unified memory that decide which models it can run. Pick a chip for its full model fit breakdown.

The M5 Max is the current generation at 614 GB/s and up to 128 GB. On the used market the M4 Max is the one to look for: 546 GB/s and up to 128 GB, which is the pairing that decides what runs, and neither figure changes with the age of the machine.

What comes next

Projection dated 2026-09-08

Apple has not announced any of this. The M7 Max and Ultra are the first parts Apple designed after cancelling a generation to reach them, so extrapolating from the M5 under-represents them. These rows assume LPDDR6, whose wider channels grow every bus by half, at its top speed bin by the time the Max and Ultra ship. The 1.5 TB Ultra ceiling is Bloomberg's reported design target, and whether that configuration ships depends on the memory market. Stacked memory or a new package fabric would land above these numbers; nobody outside Apple can price that yet.

M6Projected

Shipping chip, not yet in this Mac · expected 2026

153 to 170 GB/s · 16 to 32 GB unified memory

12-core CPU · 12-core GPU · 76 TOPS Neural Engine

Would hold about a 42B model at Q4

M7 ProProjected

Projected chip · expected 2027

691 GB/s · 24 to 96 GB unified memory

18-core CPU · 20 or 24-core GPU · 76 TOPS Neural Engine

Would hold about a 129B model at Q4

M7 MaxProjected

Projected chip · expected 2027

1382 GB/s · 48 to 384 GB unified memory

20-core CPU · 56 or 64-core GPU · 76 TOPS Neural Engine

Would hold about a 521B model at Q4

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