Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct on Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified)
Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) handles Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct well at 15 tok/s at Q8_0. A solid choice for this model.
Model Size
32.5B
Device VRAM
128 GB
Bandwidth
546 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct performance at a different quality level on Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified).
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q8_0 | 15 tok/s | 650ms | ✓ Yes | Good | estimated |
Notes
Q8_0
128GB enables full-quality Q8 with massive headroom for concurrent workloads. The ultimate Mac builder setup.
128GB allows running full-quality Q8 (34.6GB) alongside QwQ 32B Q4 (18.4GB) + embeddings (0.5GB) = ~53.5GB, leaving 74.5GB free.
About Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (32.5B) is a coding, ai coding, ai building model. The coding model that defines the builder workflow. Matches GPT-4 on HumanEval. This is what Cursor and Continue.dev users run locally when they want to eliminate API dependency. Apache 2.0 license. The cornerstone of the 'Full AI Builder' profile.
View all Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct hardware options →About Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified)
Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) has 128 GB at 546 GB/s. Available in MacBook Pro 16", Mac Studio.
See all models Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) can run →Source: MLX performance estimates (2026-01-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01