M5 Pro / Max Coil Whine Check - Local AI / LLM Users

[Ascn]

Hey all,

Quick question for the early M5 Pro/Max owners: Are you noticing any coil whine or electronic "hissing" when running local AI models?

I’m sensitive to high-frequency noise and my previous M-series Mac would "sing" every time I generated code locally.
Given the 4x jump in AI performance Apple is claiming for the M5, I'm worried the power draw might make the whine worse.

Best,

Andreas

 

[Sunday Ironfoot]

I’ve run LLMs on my M1 Max MacBook Pro 16” and get coil whine. I assume it’s a common thing on the entire MacBook Pro lineup and nothing to worry about. Just put some music on.

Edit: so to answer your question a couple of reviewers noticed coil whine when running LLM tasks, so I’d say yes it’s still probably there.