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Yes. Qwen 2.5 3B fits in fast memory on M3 16GB at Q8_0 (4.1 GB needed, 10.7 GB usable), about 24 tok/s (estimate).
Hardware: M3 16GB · Model: Qwen 2.5 3B
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. Qwen 2.5 3B (3.09B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 3.3 GB download and needs 4.1 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q8_0 |
|---|---|
| Download size | 3.3 GB |
| Memory needed | 4.1 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 10.7 GB |
| Fit | fits in fast memory |
| Estimated speed | ~24 tok/s (estimate) |
| Command | ollama run qwen2.5:3b-instruct-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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