Can I Run / Qwen 3.5 122B A10B / on Apple M2 Ultra (128GB)

Can I Run Qwen 3.5 122B A10B on a Apple M2 Ultra (128GB)?

Yes

Runs comfortably at Q6_K — minimal quality loss.

Model size
122B
GPU memory
128GB
Smallest quant
Q4_K_M
Best fit
Q6_K

3 quantizations fit your 128GB

QuantMin VRAMRecommendedFile sizeHeadroom
Q6_KBEST101.5 GB103.0 GB100.5 GB+26.5 GB
Q5_K_M87.6 GB89.1 GB86.6 GB+40.4 GB
Q4_K_M75.0 GB76.5 GB74.0 GB+53.0 GB

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Apple M2 Ultra (128GB)

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FAQ

Can the Apple M2 Ultra (128GB) run Qwen 3.5 122B A10B?

Yes. The Apple M2 Ultra (128GB)'s 128GB of unified memory is enough to run Qwen 3.5 122B A10B at Q6_K quantization (101.5GB required).

What's the best quantization to use?

Q6_K is the highest-precision quantization that fits in your 128GB. It uses about 101.5GB of memory and 103.0GB recommended for comfortable inference.

What if I need more headroom for context length?

KV cache memory grows with context length. The numbers above assume a baseline 2K-4K context. For long-context use (32K+), add another 2-6GB depending on the model architecture.