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Can a M3 24GB run Qwen 2.5 14B?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 14B fits in fast memory on M3 24GB at Q5_K_M (12.3 GB needed, 16.1 GB usable), about 7 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 24GB · Model: Qwen 2.5 14B

M3 24GB has 24 GB of unified memory and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M2 24GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M3 24GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 16.1 GB. Qwen 2.5 14B (14.8B, Alibaba) at Q5_K_M is a 11 GB download and needs 12.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ5_K_M
Download size11 GB
Memory needed12.3 GB
Usable fast memory16.1 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~7 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen2.5:14b-instruct-q5_K_M
Open M3 24GB 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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