can-i-run-this-llm

Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Pro / Mac mini M5 Pro (48GB) run Qwen3 Coder Next 80B-A3B (MoE)?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 48.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3 Coder Next 80B-A3B (MoE) at Q2_K · 29.2 GB · 86–129 tok/s on a MacBook Pro / Mac mini M5 Pro (48GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K29.2 GB86–129 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M38.3 GB75–113 tok/sWon't fit
Q4_K_M49.3 GB65–98 tok/sWon't fit
Q5_K_M59.2 GB59–88 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K65.8 GB55–82 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_084.8 GB46–69 tok/sWon't fit
FP16159.5 GB28–43 tok/sWon't fit

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