Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Pro M3 Max (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 · 79–118 tok/s on a MacBook Pro M3 Max (64GB).

Every quantization on this machine

Quant	Size	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	29.2 GB	88–132 tok/s	Runs great
Q3_K_M	38.3 GB	79–118 tok/s	Runs great
Q4_K_M	49.3 GB	70–106 tok/s	Won't fit
Q5_K_M	59.2 GB	64–96 tok/s	Won't fit
Q6_K	65.8 GB	61–91 tok/s	Won't fit
Q8_0	84.8 GB	52–78 tok/s	Won't fit
FP16	159.5 GB	34–51 tok/s	Won't fit

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