Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Air M2 (24GB) run Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE)?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 24.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) at Q3_K_M · 13.2 GB · 32–48 tok/s on a MacBook Air M2 (24GB).

Every quantization on this machine

Quant	Size	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	9.9 GB	38–57 tok/s	Runs great
Q3_K_M	13.2 GB	32–48 tok/s	Runs great
Q4_K_M	18.5 GB	26–39 tok/s	Won't fit
Q5_K_M	21.8 GB	23–34 tok/s	Won't fit
Q6_K	25.2 GB	21–31 tok/s	Won't fit
Q8_0	32.4 GB	17–25 tok/s	Won't fit
FP16	61.1 GB	10–15 tok/s	Won't fit

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