Can I Run Qwen 2.5 Family on Apple M2 Max?

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Superseded model. Qwen 2.5 Family has been superseded by Qwen 3. This page is kept for reference; the newer family is a better starting point. View Qwen 3 →

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~52.5 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 128K context.

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Apple Mac Studio M2 Max

96 GB VRAM · 40 W board power

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Apple M2 Max Specs

VRAM	96 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth	400 GB/s

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct on the Apple M2 Max: VRAM by quantization

Quant	VRAM needed	Fits 96 GB?	Max context
F16	146.1 GB	✗ No	—
Q8_0	78.6 GB	✓ Yes	32K
Q6_K	61.2 GB	✓ Yes	64K
Q5_K_M	53.2 GB	✓ Yes	128K
Q4_K_M	45.6 GB	✓ Yes	128K
Q3_K_M	32.8 GB	✓ Yes	128K
Q2_K	25.8 GB	✓ Yes	128K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 96 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 M2 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

Is the Apple M2 Max enough to run Qwen 2.5 Family locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~52.5 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 128K context.

What's the best Qwen 2.5 Family size for the Apple M2 Max?

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (43.47 GB), estimated ~5 tokens/sec, up to 128K context.

Every Qwen 2.5 Family size on the Apple M2 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

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VRAM Tier

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Troubleshooting

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