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Can a M1 8GB run GLM-OCR 0.9B?

Yes. GLM-OCR 0.9B fits in fast memory on M1 8GB at BF16 (3.7 GB needed, 5.4 GB usable), about 20 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M1 8GB · Model: GLM-OCR 0.9B

M1 8GB has 8 GB of unified memory and 68 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 5.4 GB. GLM-OCR 0.9B (1.33B, Z.ai) at BF16 is a 2.7 GB download and needs 3.7 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantBF16
Download size2.7 GB
Memory needed3.7 GB
Usable fast memory5.4 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~20 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run glm-ocr:latest
Open M1 8GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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