Can I Run Qwen 2.5 Family on Apple M1 Max?

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Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~20.5 GB of headroom running Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M (43.47 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max

64 GB VRAM · 30 W board power

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Apple M1 Max Specs

VRAM	64 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth	400 GB/s

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct on the Apple M1 Max: VRAM by quantization

Quant	VRAM needed	Fits 64 GB?	Max context
F16	146.1 GB	✗ No	—
Q8_0	78.6 GB	✗ No	—
Q6_K	61.2 GB	✓ Yes	8K
Q5_K_M	53.2 GB	✓ Yes	32K
Q4_K_M	45.6 GB	✓ Yes	32K
Q3_K_M	32.8 GB	✓ Yes	64K
Q2_K	25.8 GB	✓ Yes	64K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 64 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 2.5 Family Sizes That Fit the Apple M1 Max

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 43.47 GB · ~5 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Q4_K_M · 19.32 GB · ~10 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~22 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 4.5885 GB · ~40 tok/s (est.)

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FAQ

Qwen 2.5 Family on the Apple M1 Max — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~20.5 GB of headroom running Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M (43.47 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (43.47 GB), estimated ~5 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

Every Qwen 2.5 Family size on the Apple M1 Max

Size	VRAM	Verdict	Speed
Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	43.5 GB	Runs	~5 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	19.3 GB	Runs	~10 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct	8.5 GB	Runs	~22 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct	4.6 GB	Runs	~40 tok/s

Qwen 2.5 Family on Other GPUs

VRAM Tier

Best LLMs for 64 GB VRAM

Troubleshooting

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

Buying Guide

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