Can I Run Qwen 3.6 on Apple M1 Pro?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 10, 2026

Yes — the Qwen 3.6 family runs on the Apple M1 Pro.

Apple M1 Pro Specs

VRAM	32 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth	200 GB/s

Qwen 3.6 Variants That Fit

Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B	Q4_K_M · 21 GB · ~111 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.6 27B	Q4_K_M · 16.8 GB · ~12 tok/s (est.)

FAQ

Can I run Qwen 3.6 on the Apple M1 Pro?

Yes — the Qwen 3.6 family runs on the Apple M1 Pro.

Which Qwen 3.6 variant fits best on the Apple M1 Pro?

Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B at Q4_K_M quantization (21 GB), estimated ~111 tokens/sec.

Qwen 3.6 on Other GPUs

• Qwen 3.6 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
• Qwen 3.6 on Apple M4
• Qwen 3.6 on Apple M2 Pro
• Qwen 3.6 on Apple M5
• Qwen 3.6 on Apple M3 Pro

Popular Models on the Apple M1 Pro

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VRAM Tier

• Best LLMs for 32 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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