can-i-run-this-llm

Can I run this LLM?

Can a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (96GB) run Qwen3 Coder Next 80B-A3B (MoE)?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 96.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3 Coder Next 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q5_K_M · 59.2 GB · 94–142 tok/s on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (96GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K29.2 GB117–176 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M38.3 GB109–164 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M49.3 GB101–151 tok/sRuns great
Q5_K_M59.2 GB94–142 tok/sRuns great
Q6_K65.8 GB91–136 tok/sTight / slow
Q8_084.8 GB81–122 tok/sWon't fit
FP16159.5 GB57–86 tok/sWon't fit

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