What's the best model I can run on mac M1 Pro 16gb?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm looking to get a view on what the community think are the best Local LLMs for Coding ? and what's your go to resources for setting up things

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey everyone, I’m currently an ML Engineer looking to pick up iOS development, and I’m upgrading my hardware to handle both. I’m moving away from

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I want to buy that machine but first want to make sure I can run decent models for daily usage. I’m not coding. It’s mainly chatting, drafting

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><h3>16-inch MacBook Pro (Early 2026) - M5 Max Specs</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Chip:</strong> Apple M5 Max</li> <li><strong>CPU:</strong> 18-core (6

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Currently a 5070 build with possibly 64gb used ram (worst case i get 32gb ram new) and an m2 max macbook pro with 64gb ram and an m4 max mac

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>I’m trying to understand whether buying a future/possible MacBook M5 with 16GB, 24GB, or 32GB unified memory would make sense

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I am currently on an m3 mbp with 24gb ram. For regular python and django work the machine is perfect and i have no need to upgrade for speed. but

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