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No. Muse Glimmer 30B does not fit on M1 8GB: Q4_K_M needs 20.4 GB and 5.4 GB is usable.
Hardware: M1 8GB · Model: Muse Glimmer 30B
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. Muse Glimmer 30B (29.8B, Muse) at Q4_K_M is a 18 GB download and needs 20.4 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q4_K_M |
|---|---|
| Download size | 18 GB |
| Memory needed | 20.4 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 5.4 GB |
| Fit | does not fit |
| Estimated speed | no estimate, it does not fit |
| Command | ollama run muse-glimmer:30b |
Smallest hardware that runs it: RTX 3060 12GB at Q4_K_M (partial offload (slower), 20.4 GB needed, 11.5 GB usable, about 4 tok/s (estimate)). Can a RTX 3060 12GB run Muse Glimmer 30B?
No smaller Muse model in this list fits M1 8GB.
Open M1 8GB in the checkerEstimates, 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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