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Can the Apple M5 Max (64 GB) run Qwen1.5 14B Chat?

64 ptsGood (B) · 64 of 100 points: Model quality 14.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 9.5/15

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q4_K_M it needs about 19.8 GB of 48.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 45.8 tok/s.

Best quant
Q4_K_M
Generation speed
45.8 tok/s
Prompt processing
827 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
1.2 s
Largest safe context
32K

Download Qwen1.5 14B Chat

Recommended for the Apple M5 Max (64 GB): Q4_K_M. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

ollama run qwen:14b-chat-v1.5-q4_K_M

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q4_K_M file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen1.5-14B-Chat-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen1.5-14B-Chat-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Alibaba, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen1.5-14B-Chat (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 7 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How the B grade is scored

Every result gets up to 100 points from four parts. The points decide the letter grade.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.14.5 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU or unified memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.25.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.15.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.9.5 / 15
Total64.1 / 10064 ptsGood (B) · 64 of 100 points: Model quality 14.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 9.5/15

Grade scale: S 85+ · A 72+ · B 58+ · C 42+ · D 25+ · F under 25 points.

Every quantization on the Apple M5 Max (64 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Fit Grade · points Download
Q2_K 16.8 GB 48.0 GB 75.2 tok/s Runs well 58 ptsGood (B) · 58 of 100 points: Model quality 10.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 8.1/15 GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 18.1 GB 48.0 GB 59.2 tok/s Runs well 61 ptsGood (B) · 61 of 100 points: Model quality 12.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 8.7/15 GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 19.8 GB 48.0 GB 45.8 tok/s Runs well 64 ptsGood (B) · 64 of 100 points: Model quality 14.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 9.5/15 GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 21.2 GB 48.0 GB 37.8 tok/s Runs well 64 ptsGood (B) · 64 of 100 points: Model quality 14.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 14.6/15, Memory use 10.2/15 GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 22.8 GB 48.0 GB 31.8 tok/s Runs well 64 ptsGood (B) · 64 of 100 points: Model quality 15.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 13.4/15, Memory use 10.9/15 GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 26.2 GB 48.0 GB 23.3 tok/s Runs well 64 ptsGood (B) · 64 of 100 points: Model quality 15.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.5/15, Memory use 12.6/15 GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 39.5 GB 48.0 GB 10.7 tok/s Runs well 63 ptsGood (B) · 63 of 100 points: Model quality 15.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 7.8/15, Memory use 15.0/15 Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.