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Can the Apple M1 Max run qwen2.5vl 32B?

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23.0 GB needed of 30 GB usable — headroom for context

~30GB usable · Apple M1 Max · model file 22GB · 32B

~10–15 tok/s

computed roofline: 400 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 22.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run qwen2.5vl 32B on instead

Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs qwen2.5vl 32B fully ($1669)

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the Apple M1 Max · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory