Apple M3 Max~58 tok/s (Q4)

Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B speed on Apple M3 Max

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B running on Apple M3 Max.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

ModelQwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B

GPUApple M3 Max

Q4 speed58 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required3GB

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	3GB	128GB	58 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	5GB	128GB	34 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	11GB	128GB	19 tok/s	✅ Fits