Can I Run Qwen 3.5 on Apple M4 Max?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~54.3 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M (73.7 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 128K context.

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Apple Mac Studio M4 Max
128 GB VRAM · 35 W board power
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Apple M4 Max Specs

VRAM128 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth546 GB/s

Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B on the Apple M4 Max: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 128 GB?Max contextWhole PC
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

Assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache, on an estimated architecture — this model publishes no config we can read. A longer window needs more; a quantized KV cache needs less. “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.

Context costs VRAM too. At Q4_K_M on the Apple M4 Max: 8K 77.3 GB · 32K 85.9 GB · 128K 120.1 GB. Every window this model publishes still fits 128 GB.

No compatible GPU? Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B on 128 GB of system RAM, CPU only: runs.

Qwen 3.5 Sizes That Fit the Apple M4 Max

Qwen 3.5 122B-A10BQ4_K_M · 73.7 GB · ~36 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3BQ4_K_M · 21.1 GB · ~82 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 27BQ4_K_M · 16.3 GB · ~17 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 9BQ4_K_M · 5.4 GB · ~43 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 4BQ4_K_M · 2.4 GB · ~79 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 2BQ4_K_M · 1.2 GB · ~121 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 0.8BQ4_K_M · 0.5 GB · ~181 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run Qwen 3.5 on the Apple M4 Max?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~54.3 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M (73.7 GB, ~36 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 128K context.

What's the best Qwen 3.5 size for the Apple M4 Max?

Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M quantization (73.7 GB), estimated ~36 tokens/sec, up to 128K context.

Every Qwen 3.5 size on the Apple M4 Max

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B134 GBDoes not fit
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B73.7 GBRuns~36 tok/s
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B21.1 GBRuns~82 tok/s
Qwen 3.5 27B16.3 GBRuns~17 tok/s
Qwen 3.5 9B5.4 GBRuns~43 tok/s
Qwen 3.5 4B2.4 GBRuns~79 tok/s
Qwen 3.5 2B1.2 GBRuns~121 tok/s
Qwen 3.5 0.8B0.5 GBRuns~181 tok/s

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