can-i-run-this-llm

Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Pro M5 Max (128GB) run Qwen3 Coder Next 80B-A3B (MoE)?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 128.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3 Coder Next 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q6_K · 65.8 GB · 78–117 tok/s on a MacBook Pro M5 Max (128GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K29.2 GB106–159 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M38.3 GB97–146 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M49.3 GB89–133 tok/sRuns great
Q5_K_M59.2 GB82–123 tok/sRuns great
Q6_K65.8 GB78–117 tok/sRuns great
Q8_084.8 GB69–103 tok/sTight / slow
FP16159.5 GB47–70 tok/sWon't fit

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