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Can a Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB run Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB at Q5_K_M (25.2 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 16 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB · Model: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 460 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (32.8B, Alibaba) at Q5_K_M is a 23 GB download and needs 25.2 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ5_K_M
Download size23 GB
Memory needed25.2 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~16 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b-instruct-q5_K_M
Open Mac Studio M5 Max (32c 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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