[r/LocalLLaMA] M5 Max 128GB with three 120B models

Summary

A user on r/LocalLLaMA benchmarked three 120B-class language models (Nemotron-3 Super, GPT-OSS 120B, and Qwen3.5 122B) on an M5 Max 128GB system. The tests revealed that while Nemotron-3 Super offered slightly better quality, GPT-OSS 120B was twice as fast, achieving approximately 77 tokens/second. This provides practical performance insights for running large, quantized models locally.

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