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Can the Apple M4 Max (64GB) run Qwen2.5 72B?

Apple M4 Max (64GB) × Qwen2.5 72B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q4_K_M47.4 GB of 48 GB
Weights 44.1 GBKV cache 2.7 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ4_K_MGood, most popular
Speed~7tokens per second
Max context9Ktokens that fit at Q4_K_M
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The Apple M4 Max (64GB) can run Qwen2.5 72B fully in unified memory at Q4_K_M (good, most popular), using about 47.4 GB of the 48 GB available, at roughly 7 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Qwen2.5 72B:

ollama run qwen2.5:72b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 47.4 GB here). That is also the best quant that fits.

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Run it in the cloud

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 48 GB the Apple M4 Max (64GB) can use. macOS lets the GPU use about 48 GB of the 64 GB unified memory by default.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality148.7 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless80.5 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent62.9 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good55 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular47.4 GBFits~7 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded38.8 GBFits~9 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded30.5 GBFits~12 tok/s

Measured speed from real Apple M4 Max (64GB) owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own Apple M4 Max (64GB), next to our estimate.

No one has measured Qwen2.5 72B on the Apple M4 Max (64GB) yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an Apple M4 Max (64GB)? Add your real speed

One command times Qwen2.5 72B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- qwen2.5:72b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="qwen2.5:72b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Qwen2.5 72B comfortably

Models that run well on the Apple M4 Max (64GB)

Frequently asked questions

Can Apple M4 Max (64GB) run Qwen2.5 72B?

Yes. The Apple M4 Max (64GB) can run Qwen2.5 72B fully in unified memory at Q4_K_M (good, most popular), using about 47.4 GB of the 48 GB available, at roughly 7 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Qwen2.5 72B need?

About 47.4 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 148.7 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen2.5 72B on the Apple M4 Max (64GB)?

Roughly 7 tokens per second at Q4_K_M, estimated from the Apple M4 Max (64GB)'s 546 GB/s memory bandwidth.