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Can I run this LLM?

Can a Laptop CPU, DDR5 dual-channel (16GB) run Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE)?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 16.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) at Q2_K · 9.9 GB · 14–22 tok/s on a Laptop CPU, DDR5 dual-channel (16GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K9.9 GB14–22 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M13.2 GB12–18 tok/sWon't fit
Q4_K_M18.5 GB10–15 tok/sWon't fit
Q5_K_M21.8 GB9–13 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K25.2 GB8–12 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_032.4 GB6–10 tok/sWon't fit
FP1661.1 GB4–6 tok/sWon't fit

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