Apple M4 Max~74 tok/s (Q4)

Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 speed on Apple M4 Max

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 running on Apple M4 Max.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

ModelQwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507

GPUApple M4 Max

Q4 speed74 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required2GB

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	2GB	128GB	74 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	4GB	128GB	47 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	9GB	128GB	27 tok/s	✅ Fits