Can I Run Qwen 3.5 on Apple M4 Max?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 24 lutego 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~54 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M (74 GB, ~90 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

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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 context
F16283.8 GB✗ No
Q8_0169.5 GB✗ No
Q6_K139.9 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M126.3 GB✓ Yes4K
Q4_K_M113.5 GB✓ Yes4K
Q3_K_M91.8 GB✓ Yes4K
Q2_K79.9 GB✓ Yes8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “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.

Qwen 3.5 Sizes That Fit the Apple M4 Max

Qwen 3.5 122B-A10BQ4_K_M · 74 GB · ~90 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3BQ4_K_M · 21.4 GB · ~298 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 27BQ4_K_M · 16.5 GB · ~33 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 9BQ4_K_M · 6.6 GB · ~83 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 4BQ4_K_M · 3.4 GB · ~161 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 2BQ4_K_M · 2.7 GB · ~202 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3.5 0.8BQ4_K_M · 1 GB · ~400 tok/s (est.)
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~$3,499
Apple M4 Max · MSRP
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from $0.77/hr
A100 (80 GB) class

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FAQ

Can I run Qwen 3.5 on the Apple M4 Max?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~54 GB of headroom running Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M (74 GB, ~90 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

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

Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M quantization (74 GB), estimated ~90 tokens/sec, up to 4K context.

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