Apple M2 Max~40 tok/s (Q4)

OpenPipe/Qwen3-14B-Instruct speed on Apple M2 Max

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for OpenPipe/Qwen3-14B-Instruct running on Apple M2 Max.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

ModelOpenPipe/Qwen3-14B-Instruct

GPUApple M2 Max

Q4 speed40 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required7GB

Data Source

Calculation and benchmark status

Speed values come from the compatibility dataset (`estimatedTokensPerSec`) and are sorted by quantization.

For full verdict logic and alternate GPUs, see the canonical compatibility page.

Quantization Speed Table

Quantization	VRAM needed	VRAM available	Speed	Verdict
Q4	7GB	96GB	40 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	14GB	96GB	27 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	29GB	96GB	14 tok/s	✅ Fits