# GLM 5.2 on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra: 395GB, 12 tok/s, 74K Context

> Source: https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-06-22-glm-5-2-mac-studio-m3-ultra/
> Last updated: 2026-06-22
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# GLM 5.2 on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra: 395GB, 12 tok/s, 74K Context

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Bart Slodyczka fits the new GLM 5.2 — a 395GB download — onto a Mac Studio M3 Ultra with 512GB of unified memory. It was too new to load in LM Studio natively, so he ran it on a custom runtime, clocking ~12 tokens/sec and around 74K of usable context before the machine ran out of headroom. His real takeaway is about harnesses, not hardware: the same local model produced a "very basic app" inside Pi Agent in Cursor but a far better result when driven by a strong harness like Claude Code.

Source video

"Running GLM 5.2 on Mac Studio M3 Ultra" by **Bart Slodyczka** — [Watch on YouTube →](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L9c-rurL8jU)

## Key Takeaways

- **Hardware:** M3 Ultra Mac Studio with 512GB unified memory; GLM 5.2 is a 395GB download that lives almost entirely in RAM.
- **Performance:** ~12 tokens/sec generation and roughly 74,000 tokens of context before the machine hit its limit.
- **Runtime:** the model was too new to run in LM Studio natively, so it needed a custom runtime to load at all.
- **Claude Code timed out:** at ~12 tok/s, generation was slow enough that requests kept timing out inside Claude Code — so he demoed in Pi Agent inside Cursor instead.
- **The harness matters more than the model:** a basic prompt to Pi Agent gave a basic app, while a strong harness like Claude Code turns a simple prompt into a far more complete result. Pair a local model with a good harness when you can.

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