Can I Run Qwen3-Coder on Apple M2 Max?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~47.7 GB of headroom running Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q4_K_M (48.3 GB, ~59 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K 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

VRAM96 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth400 GB/s

Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) on the Apple M2 Max: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 96 GB?Max context
F16162 GB✗ No
Q8_087 GB✓ Yes32K
Q6_K67.6 GB✓ Yes64K
Q5_K_M58.7 GB✓ Yes64K
Q4_K_M50.3 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M36.1 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K28.3 GB✓ Yes64K

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.

Qwen3-Coder Sizes That Fit the Apple M2 Max

Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE)Q4_K_M · 48.3 GB · ~59 tok/s (est.)
Qwen3-Coder 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~36 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the Apple M2 Max enough to run Qwen3-Coder locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~47.7 GB of headroom running Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q4_K_M (48.3 GB, ~59 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

What's the best Qwen3-Coder size for the Apple M2 Max?

Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q4_K_M quantization (48.3 GB), estimated ~59 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

Every Qwen3-Coder size on the Apple M2 Max

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE)289.8 GBDoes not fit
Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE)48.3 GBRuns~59 tok/s
Qwen3-Coder 8B4.8 GBRuns~36 tok/s

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