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Can I run this LLM?

Can a MacBook Pro M5 Pro (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 · 68–102 tok/s on a MacBook Pro M5 Pro (64GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K29.2 GB76–115 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M38.3 GB68–102 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M49.3 GB60–90 tok/sWon't fit
Q5_K_M59.2 GB54–81 tok/sWon't fit
Q6_K65.8 GB51–76 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_084.8 GB43–65 tok/sWon't fit
FP16159.5 GB27–41 tok/sWon't fit

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