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Can the Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) run Qwen2.5 Coder 32B?

Won't fit No. Qwen2.5 Coder 32B needs about 21.5 GB of memory, and the Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) can give a model about 16.1 GB. You'd need a machine with more memory, or a smaller model.

–estimated tokens/sec
21.5 GBmemory needed
16.1 GBavailable to the model
307 GB/smemory bandwidth

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the whole model from memory once: 20 GB. The Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) moves 307 GB/s, so the ceiling is 15 tokens/sec. Real machines reach a fraction of that ceiling; we use 80%, calibrated against a measured Mac run. Send us your real numbers and we'll replace the estimate.

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