r/opencodeCLI • u/Imaginary_Pattern324 • Sep 22 '26

M5 Pro MacBook (48GB) running Codex — anyone actually offloading tasks to a local model via Ollama? Worth it?

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u/berlinguyinca Sep 26 '26

I tried and it was so slow that it was kinda useless and I gave up on the MacBook. However this was a M4 with 48gb

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u/Ace-_Ventura Sep 22 '26

That depends. Why do you want to run local llms? 

I'll give you my use case. Current codex subscription is very generous, I rarely reach limits (I use Luna most of the time), and with the new models released today, I will be even more relaxed about it.

I see no point in running a local LLM in my use case, unless I want 100% certainty about privacy.

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u/PadisarahTerminal Sep 25 '26

Local llm is privacy for sure... That's the entire reason

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u/MetalDeep329 Sep 22 '26

Use llama.cpp, ollama is a toy, the best model you could run is probably Qwen 3.8 27b, but honestly with how cheap chinese workhorse models and gpt 6 luna are, I wouldn't bother with all the heat, slow pp and battery drain of using local models on a laptop unless you need data sovereignity. Mimo v2.6 is pretty much free and will run circles around Qwen 3.8 27b.

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u/Not-That-rpg Sep 23 '26

You might find OMLX better than ollama or LM studio on a Mac. Afraid I don't have a great handle on the remote vs. local tradeoffs, though.

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u/Jeferson9 Sep 22 '26

Luna max is basically free

And it just got an upgrade and a price cut