Can I Run Qwen 2.5 Family on Apple M1?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 10 lipca 2026

Yes — the Qwen 2.5 Family family runs on the Apple M1.

Apple M1 Specs

VRAM	16 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth	68 GB/s

Qwen 2.5 Family Variants That Fit

Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 9.5 GB · ~7 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 4.8 GB · ~14 tok/s (est.)

FAQ

Can I run Qwen 2.5 Family on the Apple M1?

Yes — the Qwen 2.5 Family family runs on the Apple M1.

Which Qwen 2.5 Family variant fits best on the Apple M1?

Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (9.5 GB), estimated ~7 tokens/sec.

Qwen 2.5 Family on Other GPUs

• Qwen 2.5 Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
• Qwen 2.5 Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
• Qwen 2.5 Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
• Qwen 2.5 Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super
• Qwen 2.5 Family on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Popular Models on the Apple M1

• DeepSeek R1 on Apple M1
• Qwen 3 on Apple M1

VRAM Tier

• Best LLMs for 16 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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