Can I Run Qwen 3.5 on Apple M4 Pro?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.7 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 27B at Q4_K_M (16.30125 GB, ~8 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

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Apple Mac Mini M4 Pro
24 GB VRAM · 30 W board power
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Apple M4 Pro Specs

VRAM24 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth273 GB/s

Qwen 3.5 27B on the Apple M4 Pro: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 24 GB?Max context
F1655.7 GB✗ No
Q8_030.4 GB✗ No
Q6_K23.8 GB✓ Yes4K
Q5_K_M20.8 GB✓ Yes16K
Q4_K_M18 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M13.2 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K10.5 GB✓ Yes64K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 24 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Qwen 3.5 Sizes That Fit the Apple M4 Pro

Qwen 3.5 27BQ4_K_M · 16.30125 GB · ~8 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 9BQ4_K_M · 5.43375 GB · ~23 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 4BQ4_K_M · 2.415 GB · ~45 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 2BQ4_K_M · 1.2075 GB · ~74 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 0.8BQ4_K_M · 0.48300000000000004 GB · ~125 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run Qwen 3.5 on the Apple M4 Pro?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.7 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 27B at Q4_K_M (16.30125 GB, ~8 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

What's the best Qwen 3.5 size for the Apple M4 Pro?

Qwen 3.5 27B at Q4_K_M quantization (16.30125 GB), estimated ~8 tokens/sec, up to 16K context.

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