Qwen Qwen2 5 Coder 32B Instruct speed on Apple M4 Max and quantization-level VRAM fit.
Apple M4 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen Qwen2 5 Coder 32B Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
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Qwen qwen2 5 coder 32b instruct speed on apple m4 max
Qwen Qwen2 5 Coder 32B Instruct runs on Apple M4 Max at about 26 tok/s at Q4 in our current compatibility dataset.
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Apple M4 Max can run Qwen Qwen2 5 Coder 32B Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 26 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 112GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 16GB | 128GB | 25.63 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 32GB | 128GB | 17.94 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 64GB | 128GB | 9.74 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
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Apple M4 Max can run Qwen Qwen2 5 Coder 32B Instruct at Q4 with an estimated 26 tok/s.
Q4 inference is estimated to need about 16GB VRAM on this page, while Apple M4 Max has 128GB available.
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