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Can I run this LLM?

Can a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (512GB) run Qwen3.8 Flash Next (MoE)?

Qwen · See model card · estimated for a 512.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3.8 Flash Next (MoE) at Q8_0 · 188.3 GB · 57–85 tok/s on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (512GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K80.9 GB91–136 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M92.0 GB86–128 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M119.6 GB75–112 tok/sRuns great
Q5_K_M134.7 GB70–105 tok/sRuns great
Q6_K168.1 GB61–92 tok/sRuns great
Q8_0188.3 GB57–85 tok/sRuns great
FP16354.0 GB36–54 tok/sTight / slow

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