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Can a Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB run Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB at Q5_K_M (25.2 GB needed, 36.0 GB usable), about 21 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB · Model: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB has 48 GB of unified memory and 614 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 36.0 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 memory36.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~21 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b-instruct-q5_K_M
Open Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB 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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