Question 1

Can the Apple M1 Max run qwen2.5vl 7B?

Accepted Answer

qwen2.5vl 7B needs about 5.82GB working set (weights 5.6GB + KV cache 0.22GB at 4k context). The Apple M1 Max offers ~30GB usable — verdict: full. 5.8 GB needed of 30 GB usable — headroom for context

Question 2

How fast is qwen2.5vl 7B on the Apple M1 Max?

Accepted Answer

~39–57 tok/s on the Apple M1 Max. computed roofline: 400 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 5.6GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Question 3

What should I run qwen2.5vl 7B on instead?

Accepted Answer

Tesla M60 (16GB, used) runs it fully ($35).

Can the Apple M1 Max run qwen2.5vl 7B?

Run qwen2.5vl 7B on instead