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Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Pro M1 Pro (32GB) run Qwen3 14B?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 32.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3 14B at Q4_K_M · 9.0 GB · 13–19 tok/s on a MacBook Pro M1 Pro (32GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K5.8 GB19–28 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M7.3 GB15–23 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M9.0 GB13–19 tok/sRuns great
Q5_K_M10.5 GB11–17 tok/sTight / slow
Q6_K12.1 GB10–15 tok/sTight / slow
Q8_015.7 GB8–12 tok/sTight / slow
FP1629.5 GB4–7 tok/sWon't fit

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