Can a Mac Studio M2 Ultra (64GB) run Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE)?

Yes — Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) runs at Q8_0 (32.5 GB) at about 80–120 tok/s on a Mac Studio M2 Ultra (64GB).

How much memory does Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) need?

Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) needs about 12.5 GB at 4K context at its smallest quantization. A Mac Studio M2 Ultra (64GB) has 64.0 GB.

Yes — Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) runs on a Mac Studio M2 Ultra (64GB) at Q8_0

Yes — it runs great.

Runs great

Best fit: Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) at Q8_0 · 32.5 GB weights · 80–120 tok/s on a Mac Studio M2 Ultra (64GB).

Arena Text Overall · style-controlled

1,382Q8_0 untested

qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507 · published configuration reference · Q8_0 not tested

Arena Text Overall (style-controlled), exact published entry qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507, 2026-10-08: reference rating 1,382.4. Published confidence bounds 1,377.5–1,387.3. 23,325 votes. Published qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507 configuration reference. Reasoning mode is not disclosed by the Arena dataset. Tested precision, runtime and sampling settings are not disclosed in this dataset. Selected Q8_0 has not been measured by this Arena entry. No quantization quality adjustment is applied.

Snapshot published 2026-10-08 · snapshot imported 2026-10-11 UTC · validated last-good data · manual refresh

Arena leaderboard dataset · Arena / lmarena-ai, Arena Leaderboard Dataset (CC BY 4.0). Selected Text Overall style-controlled rows; field names adapted, ratings unchanged. · dataset CC BY 4.0 · revision e16f90232986

Total memory at 4K context: 33.7 GB; Weights + KV cache + runtime overhead
Estimated generation: 80–120 tok/s
Estimated first token: ~1.5s

Every quantization on this machine

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Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) quantizations on Mac Studio M2 Ultra (64GB), estimated at 4K context. Weights and total memory are shown separately.
Quant	Weights	Total memory	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	11.3 GB	12.5 GB	116–174 tok/s	Runs great
Q3_K_M	14.7 GB	15.9 GB	108–162 tok/s	Runs great
Q4_K_M	18.6 GB	19.8 GB	101–151 tok/s	Runs great
Q5_K_M	21.7 GB	22.9 GB	95–142 tok/s	Runs great
Q6_K	25.1 GB	26.3 GB	90–135 tok/s	Runs great
Q8_0	32.5 GB	33.7 GB	80–120 tok/s	Runs great
FP16	61.1 GB	62.3 GB	— not resident	Won't fit

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