Can I Run Qwen 3.5 on Apple M5 Max?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~54.3 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M (73.6575 GB, ~40 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 128K context.

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Apple MacBook Pro M5 Max
128 GB VRAM · 35 W board power
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Apple M5 Max Specs

VRAM128 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth614 GB/s

Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B on the Apple M5 Max: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 128 GB?Max context
F16246.2 GB✗ No
Q8_0131.9 GB✗ No
Q6_K102.3 GB✓ Yes64K
Q5_K_M88.7 GB✓ Yes64K
Q4_K_M75.9 GB✓ Yes128K
Q3_K_M54.2 GB✓ Yes128K
Q2_K42.3 GB✓ Yes128K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 128 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 M5 Max

Qwen 3.5 122B-A10BQ4_K_M · 73.6575 GB · ~40 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3BQ4_K_M · 21.13125 GB · ~89 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 27BQ4_K_M · 16.30125 GB · ~19 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 9BQ4_K_M · 5.43375 GB · ~48 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 4BQ4_K_M · 2.415 GB · ~87 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 2BQ4_K_M · 1.2075 GB · ~130 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 0.8BQ4_K_M · 0.48300000000000004 GB · ~191 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Will Qwen 3.5 run on the Apple M5 Max?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~54.3 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M (73.6575 GB, ~40 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 128K context.

Which Qwen 3.5 variant fits best on the Apple M5 Max?

Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M quantization (73.6575 GB), estimated ~40 tokens/sec, up to 128K context.

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