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Can I run this LLM?

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

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

Yes, but it's tight.

Best fit: Qwen3 32B at Q2_K · 12.3 GB · 9–14 tok/s on a MacBook Pro M1 Pro (32GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K12.3 GB9–14 tok/sTight / slow
Q3_K_M16.0 GB8–11 tok/sTight / slow
Q4_K_M19.8 GB6–9 tok/sTight / slow
Q5_K_M23.2 GB5–8 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K26.9 GB5–7 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_034.8 GB4–6 tok/sWon't fit
FP1665.5 GB2–3 tok/sWon't fit

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