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Yes. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B (MoE) fits in fast memory on M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB at Q8_0 (36.4 GB needed, 72.0 GB usable), about 48 tok/s (estimate).
Hardware: M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB · Model: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B (MoE)
M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB has 96 GB of unified memory and 400 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 72.0 GB. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B (MoE) (31.6B, 3B active, NVIDIA) at Q8_0 is a 35 GB download and needs 36.4 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q8_0 |
|---|---|
| Download size | 35 GB |
| Memory needed | 36.4 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 72.0 GB |
| Fit | fits in fast memory |
| Estimated speed | ~48 tok/s (estimate) |
| Command | ollama run nemotron-3.5-lightning:30b-a3b-q8_0 |
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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