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Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Air M4 (24GB) run Qwen3.6 35B-A3B (MoE)?

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

Yes, but it's tight.

Best fit: Qwen3.6 35B-A3B (MoE) at Q3_K_M · 14.9 GB · 39–58 tok/s on a MacBook Air M4 (24GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q3_K_M14.9 GB39–58 tok/sTight / slow
Q4_K_M21.0 GB31–46 tok/sWon't fit
Q5_K_M24.7 GB27–41 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K28.6 GB25–37 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_036.8 GB20–30 tok/sWon't fit
FP1669.3 GB12–18 tok/sWon't fit
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