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No. Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) does not fit on M3 16GB: Q4_K_M needs 20.4 GB and 10.7 GB is usable.
Hardware: M3 16GB · Model: Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE)
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. Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE) (30.5B, 3.3B active, Alibaba) at Q4_K_M is a 19 GB download and needs 20.4 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q4_K_M |
|---|---|
| Download size | 19 GB |
| Memory needed | 20.4 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 10.7 GB |
| Fit | does not fit |
| Estimated speed | no estimate, it does not fit |
| Command | ollama run qwen3:30b |
Smallest hardware that runs it: RTX 3060 12GB at Q4_K_M (partial offload (slower), 20.4 GB needed, 11.5 GB usable, about 18 tok/s (estimate)). Can a RTX 3060 12GB run Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE)?
A smaller Alibaba model that fits this hardware: Qwen 2.5 14B at Q4_K_M (fits in fast memory, 10.3 GB). Can a M3 16GB run Qwen 2.5 14B?
Open M3 16GB 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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