Apple M3 Max~11 tok/s (Q4)

Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct speed on Apple M3 Max

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct running on Apple M3 Max.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

ModelQwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct

GPUApple M3 Max

Q4 speed11 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required36GB

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	36GB	128GB	11 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	71GB	128GB	7 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	142GB	128GB	4 tok/s	❌ Not recommended