Question 1

Can the Apple M2 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 M2 offers ~6GB usable — verdict: tight. 5.8 of 6 GB usable — keep context modest

Question 2

How fast is qwen2.5vl 7B on the Apple M2?

Accepted Answer

~14–18 tok/s on the Apple M2. computed roofline: 100 GB/s × 0.80–1.00 efficiency window / 5.6GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) runs it fully ($135).

Can the Apple M2 run qwen2.5vl 7B?

Run qwen2.5vl 7B on instead