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Can a M2 Pro 32GB run Qwen 2.5 7B?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 7B fits in fast memory on M2 Pro 32GB at Q8_0 (9.1 GB needed, 24.0 GB usable), about 20 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 Pro 32GB · Model: Qwen 2.5 7B

M2 Pro 32GB has 32 GB of unified memory and 200 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M1 Pro 32GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M2 Pro 32GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 24.0 GB. Qwen 2.5 7B (7.62B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 8.1 GB download and needs 9.1 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size8.1 GB
Memory needed9.1 GB
Usable fast memory24.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~20 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen2.5:7b-instruct-q8_0
Open M2 Pro 32GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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