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Can a M3 16GB run Clef 27B (Cloudflare, decision)?

No. Clef 27B (Cloudflare, decision) does not fit on M3 16GB: Q4_K_M needs 22.3 GB and 10.7 GB is usable.

Hardware: M3 16GB · Model: Clef 27B (Cloudflare, decision)

M3 16GB has 16 GB of unified memory and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M2 16GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M3 16GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 10.7 GB. Clef 27B (Cloudflare, decision) (27B, Cloudflare) at Q4_K_M is a 20 GB download and needs 22.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size20 GB
Memory needed22.3 GB
Usable fast memory10.7 GB
Fitdoes not fit
Estimated speedno estimate, it does not fit
Commandollama run clef:27b-q4_K_M

Smallest hardware that runs it: RTX 4060 Ti 16GB at Q4_K_M (partial offload (slower), 22.3 GB needed, 15.5 GB usable, about 4 tok/s (estimate)). Can a RTX 4060 Ti 16GB run Clef 27B (Cloudflare, decision)?

No smaller Cloudflare model in this list fits M3 16GB.

Open M3 16GB 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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