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Can a M2 Ultra 64GB run Qwen3-VL 32B?

Yes. Qwen3-VL 32B fits in fast memory on M2 Ultra 64GB at Q8_0 (38.6 GB needed, 48.0 GB usable), about 18 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 Ultra 64GB · Model: Qwen3-VL 32B

M2 Ultra 64GB has 64 GB of unified memory and 800 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 48.0 GB. Qwen3-VL 32B (33.4B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 36 GB download and needs 38.6 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size36 GB
Memory needed38.6 GB
Usable fast memory48.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~18 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen3-vl:32b-instruct-q8_0
Open M2 Ultra 64GB 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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