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Can I run this LLM?

Can a Mac Studio M1 Ultra (64GB) run Qwen3 Coder Next 80B-A3B (MoE)?

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

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3 Coder Next 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q3_K_M · 38.3 GB · 108–162 tok/s on a Mac Studio M1 Ultra (64GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K29.2 GB116–174 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M38.3 GB108–162 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M49.3 GB100–150 tok/sWon't fit
Q5_K_M59.2 GB93–140 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K65.8 GB90–134 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_084.8 GB80–120 tok/sWon't fit
FP16159.5 GB57–85 tok/sWon't fit

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