Can MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB run Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?
Apple · 128 GB LPDDR5X · 546 GB/s bandwidth ·
Alibaba · 122.0B (active 10.0B) · MoE · model ctx up to 256K
Yes — the MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB (128 GB LPDDR5X) can run Qwen3.5-122B-A10B. At Q4 with the default 8K context it needs ≈ 70.1 GB VRAM (weights 67.1 GB + KV cache 2.0 GB + 1 GB runtime overhead), which fits within 128 GB. Decode at Q4/8K: ≈ 34.7 tok/s (estimated, batch 1). FP16 needs ≈ 247.0 GB — does not fit on this card. Estimates come from memory-bandwidth math; rows tagged measured override estimates. Relative ranking is more reliable than absolute tok/s. Methodology.
Fit & speed by quant and context
Quant
Context
VRAM needed
Fits?
tok/s (decode)
Q4
4K
69.1 GB
Yes
34.7est.
Q4
8K default
70.1 GB
Yes
34.7est.
Q4
32K
76.1 GB
Yes
34.7est.
FP16
4K
246.0 GB
No
7.4est.
FP16
8K default
247.0 GB
No
7.3est.
FP16
32K
253.0 GB
No
7.0est.
Fits = weights + KV(ctx) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM. Measured
anchors are context-agnostic; the fit verdict is recomputed per context. A missing tok/s
means the model is far beyond this card (offload-only territory).