Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct on Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified)

Yes — M4 Max (128GB Unified) handles Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct well at Q8_0 — 15 tok/s. Solid daily-driver performance on 128 GB VRAM.

Model Size

32.5B

Device VRAM

128 GB

Bandwidth

546 GB/s

Quantization

Q8_0

Benchmarks

Performance by Quantization

OwnRig currently has one published compatibility entry for Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct on Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) at Q8_0. This is the best supported pairing we can stand behind today.

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.

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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.

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Estimate method: MLX performance estimates. Reference hardware source: github.com (2026-01-15)

Performance varies by driver version, inference engine, quantization method, context length, and system configuration. Figures shown are estimates based on community benchmarks and may not reflect your exact setup. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners. OwnRig is independent and not affiliated with any hardware or AI model provider.