# Can I run Bark on Apple M5 Pro (48GB)?

Updated: 2026-06-15

**Yes, it runs.** Runs at fp32 using ~5 GB of ~32 GB usable.

- Model: 900M Text to speech (and sound effects), peak ~5 GB memory at fp32
- Device: 48 GB unified, ~32 GB usable
- Tools: HF Transformers, suno-ai/bark, BetterTransformer
- License: MIT (commercial use: yes)

Sources: https://huggingface.co/suno/bark, https://huggingface.co/blog/optimizing-bark, https://github.com/suno-ai/bark.

More: https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/bark/apple-m5-pro-48gb