Qwen Qwen2.5 72B Instruct speed on Apple M4 Pro and quantization-level VRAM fit.
Apple M4 Pro meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M4 Pro can run Qwen Qwen2.5 72B Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 7 tokens/second, you can expect Low speed - consider quantization or stronger GPU.
You have 28GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 36GB | 64GB | 7.32 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 72GB | 64GB | 5.13 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
| FP16 | 144GB | 64GB | 2.78 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
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Apple M4 Pro can run Qwen Qwen2.5 72B Instruct at Q4 with an estimated 7 tok/s.
Q4 inference is estimated to need about 36GB VRAM on this page, while Apple M4 Pro has 64GB available.
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