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Can a M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB run Qwen 2.5 14B?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 14B fits in fast memory on M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB at Q8_0 (17.3 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 15 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB · Model: Qwen 2.5 14B

M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 300 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. Qwen 2.5 14B (14.8B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 16 GB download and needs 17.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size16 GB
Memory needed17.3 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~15 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen2.5:14b-instruct-q8_0
Open M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB 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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