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Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Pro M1 Pro (32GB) run Qwen3.6 35B-A3B (MoE)?

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

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3.6 35B-A3B (MoE) at Q3_K_M · 14.9 GB · 56–84 tok/s on a MacBook Pro M1 Pro (32GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q3_K_M14.9 GB56–84 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M21.0 GB46–69 tok/sTight / slow
Q5_K_M24.7 GB41–62 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K28.6 GB38–56 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_036.8 GB31–47 tok/sWon't fit
FP1669.3 GB19–28 tok/sWon't fit

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