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Can Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B run on Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB?

YES — Runs Great

B61Good
Estimated from fit model

Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B needs ~26.2 GB VRAM. Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB has 92.2 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~56 tok/s.

Runtime: llama.cppCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: HighStack: StandardBottleneck: Balanced
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Operating mode

Choose the run profile you care about

Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.

Current mode

Balanced

Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.

Capabilities:

Select quantization to explore

Q4_K_M (Medium quality) — 26.2 GB, 55.6 tok/s, Runs well
26.2 GB required92.2 GB available
28% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

55.6 tok/s

TTFT

3479 ms

Safe context

131K

Memory

26.2 GB / 92.2 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights8.5 GB
KV Cache2.9 GB
Runtime0.9 GB
Headroom13.8 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsQwen 2.5 Coder 14B on Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>Write a Python function to sort a list
Here's a Python function that sorts a list using quicksort: def quicksort(arr): if len(arr) <= 1: return arr pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2] left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot] middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot] right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot] return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right) # Example usage numbers = [3, 6, 8, 10, 1, 2, 1] print(quicksort(numbers)) # [1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10] The algorithm picks a pivot, partitions the list into smaller, equal, and larger elements, then recursively sorts each partition and concatenates the results.
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>Now add type hints and a docstring
def quicksort(arr: list[int]) -> list[int]: """Sort a list using the quicksort algorithm. Args: arr: List of integers to sort. Returns: A new sorted list. """ if len(arr) <= 1: return arr pivot = arr[len(arr) // 2] left = [x for x in arr if x < pivot] middle = [x for x in arr if x == pivot] right = [x for x in arr if x > pivot] return quicksort(left) + middle + quicksort(right) Added type hints for the input and return type, plus a Google-style docstring.
Estimated: 55.6 tok/s decode · 3.5s TTFT (warm) · 139 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

This setup is broadly balanced for this model.

Shared-memory contention still exists

The OS, browser, and inference runtime all compete for the same physical memory pool, so real-world headroom is less forgiving than raw capacity suggests.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatBRuns well55.6 tok/s1898 ms131K
CodingBRuns well55.6 tok/s3479 ms131K
Agentic CodingBRuns well55.6 tok/s5061 ms131K
ReasoningBRuns well55.6 tok/s4112 ms131K
RAGBRuns well55.6 tok/s6326 ms131K

Quantization options

How Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B (14B params) fits at each quantization level on Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB (92.2 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
5.5 GB
LowC54
Q3_K_S
3
6.9 GB
LowC54
NVFP4
4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B on your machine.

Run

ollama run qwen2.5-coder:14b

Upgrade options

Hardware that runs Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B well

👁 NVIDIA
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GBBudget pick
1792 GB/s (+992)
B
Raises estimated decode speed by about 242%.190.4 tok/s decode

Raises estimated decode speed by about 242%.

~$9,999 MSRP

👁 NVIDIA
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition 96GBBest value
1597 GB/s (+797)
B
Raises estimated decode speed by about 205%.169.6 tok/s decode

Raises estimated decode speed by about 205%.

~$9,999 MSRP

Frequently asked questions

See all results for Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GBSee all hardware for Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B
7.8 GB
Medium
C54
Q4_K_M
4
8.5 GB
MediumC54
Q5_K_M
5
10.1 GB
HighC54
Q6_K
6
11.5 GB
HighC54
Q8_0
8
15.0 GB
Very HighC54
F16Best for your GPU
16
28.7 GB
MaximumB56

Not always. Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB can often fit larger models thanks to unified memory, but a discrete GPU with dedicated high-bandwidth VRAM may still decode faster once the model fits. For this combination, the important distinction is capacity versus sustained throughput.