Can I Run Qwen3-Coder on Apple M2 Max?

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

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.

Apple M2 Max Specs

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

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

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

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