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Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Pro / Mac Studio M5 Max (128GB) run Qwen3.8 Flash Next (MoE)?

Qwen · See model card · estimated for a 128.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes, but it's tight.

Best fit: Qwen3.8 Flash Next (MoE) at Q2_K · 80.9 GB · 79–118 tok/s on a MacBook Pro / Mac Studio M5 Max (128GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K80.9 GB79–118 tok/sTight / slow
Q3_K_M92.0 GB73–110 tok/sWon't fit
Q4_K_M119.6 GB63–94 tok/sWon't fit
Q5_K_M134.7 GB58–88 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K168.1 GB50–76 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_0188.3 GB46–70 tok/sWon't fit
FP16354.0 GB29–43 tok/sWon't fit
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