Can I Run Qwen 2.5 Family on Apple M4?

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Superseded model. Qwen 2.5 Family has been superseded by Qwen 3.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 →

作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2026年7月12日

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~12.7 GB of headroom running Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B at Q4_K_M (19.32 GB, ~3 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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Apple Mac mini M4 (16GB)

32 GB VRAM · 22 W board power

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Apple M4 Specs

VRAM	32 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth	120 GB/s

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B on the Apple M4: VRAM by quantization

Quant	VRAM needed	Fits 32 GB?	Max context
F16	65.9 GB	✗ No	—
Q8_0	35.9 GB	✗ No	—
Q6_K	28.1 GB	✓ Yes	16K
Q5_K_M	24.6 GB	✓ Yes	16K
Q4_K_M	21.2 GB	✓ Yes	32K
Q3_K_M	15.5 GB	✓ Yes	64K
Q2_K	12.4 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 32 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 M4

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Q4_K_M · 19.32 GB · ~3 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~7 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct	Q4_K_M · 4.5885 GB · ~13 tok/s (est.)

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FAQ

Does the Apple M4 have enough VRAM for Qwen 2.5 Family?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~12.7 GB of headroom running Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B at Q4_K_M (19.32 GB, ~3 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

Which quantization of Qwen 2.5 Family should I use on the Apple M4?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B at Q4_K_M quantization (19.32 GB), estimated ~3 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

Every Qwen 2.5 Family size on the Apple M4

Size	VRAM	Verdict	Speed
Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	43.5 GB	Runs at Q2_K	—
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	19.3 GB	Runs	~3 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct	8.5 GB	Runs	~7 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct	4.6 GB	Runs	~13 tok/s

Qwen 2.5 Family on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the Apple M4

VRAM Tier

Best LLMs for 32 GB VRAM

Troubleshooting

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

Buying Guide

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