Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct on Apple M4 Max (64GB Unified)
Apple M4 Max (64GB Unified) handles Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct well at 18 tok/s at Q5_K_M. A solid choice for this model.
Model Size
32.5B
Device VRAM
64 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 (64GB Unified).
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5_K_M | 18 tok/s | 500ms | ✓ Yes | Good | estimated |
Notes
Q5_K_M
Same speed as 36GB M4 Max. The extra memory enables the full concurrent builder workflow on a Mac.
64GB allows running Qwen Coder 32B Q5 (22GB) + Llama 8B Q4 (5GB) + nomic-embed (0.5GB) = ~27.5GB concurrent, leaving 36.5GB free for system.
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 (64GB Unified)
Apple M4 Max (64GB Unified) has 64 GB at 546 GB/s. Available in MacBook Pro 16", Mac Studio.
See all models Apple M4 Max (64GB Unified) can run →Source: MLX performance estimates (2026-01-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01