can-i-run-this-llm

Can I run this LLM?

Can a Mac Studio M1 Ultra (64GB) run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B (MoE)?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 64.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B (MoE) at Q8_0 · 32.5 GB · 80–120 tok/s on a Mac Studio M1 Ultra (64GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K11.3 GB116–174 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M14.7 GB108–162 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M18.6 GB101–151 tok/sRuns great
Q5_K_M21.7 GB95–142 tok/sRuns great
Q6_K25.1 GB90–135 tok/sRuns great
Q8_032.5 GB80–120 tok/sRuns great
FP1661.1 GB57–85 tok/sWon't fit

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