Can I Run Qwen 2.5 Family on Apple M5 Pro?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 10, 2026

Yes — the Qwen 2.5 Family family runs on the Apple M5 Pro.

Apple M5 Pro Specs

VRAM	64 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth	307 GB/s

Qwen 2.5 Family Variants That Fit

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 43 GB · ~7 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Q4_K_M · 19.5 GB · ~16 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 9.5 GB · ~32 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 4.8 GB · ~64 tok/s (est.)

FAQ

Can I run Qwen 2.5 Family on the Apple M5 Pro?

Yes — the Qwen 2.5 Family family runs on the Apple M5 Pro.

Which Qwen 2.5 Family variant fits best on the Apple M5 Pro?

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (43 GB), estimated ~7 tokens/sec.

Qwen 2.5 Family on Other GPUs

• Qwen 2.5 Family on Apple M3 Max
• Qwen 2.5 Family on Apple M1 Max
• Qwen 2.5 Family on NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
• Qwen 2.5 Family on NVIDIA L40S
• Qwen 2.5 Family on NVIDIA A100 80GB

Popular Models on the Apple M5 Pro

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VRAM Tier

• Best LLMs for 64 GB VRAM

Troubleshooting

• Which GGUF quant should I download? (Q4 vs Q5 vs Q8)

Buying Guide

• Best GPU Buyer Guide 2026

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