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Can I run this LLM?

Can a Laptop CPU, DDR5 dual-channel (16GB) run Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 16.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes, but it's tight.

Best fit: Qwen3.8 27B at Q2_K · 10.8 GB · 2–3 tok/s on a Laptop CPU, DDR5 dual-channel (16GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K10.8 GB2–3 tok/sTight / slow
Q3_K_M13.4 GB2–3 tok/sWon't fit
Q4_K_M17.4 GB1–2 tok/sWon't fit
Q5_K_M20.9 GB1–2 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K23.9 GB1–2 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_029.1 GB1–1 tok/sWon't fit
FP1654.7 GB0–1 tok/sWon't fit
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