Apple M2 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Alibaba-NLP/gte-Qwen2-1.5B-instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M2 Max can run Alibaba-NLP/gte-Qwen2-1.5B-instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 51 tokens/second, you can expect Good speed - acceptable for interactive use.
You have 93GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 3GB | 96GB | 51.16 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 5GB | 96GB | 40.36 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 11GB | 96GB | 19.55 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |