← CanIRunLocal · All hardware · All models

Can a M3 24GB run Ornith-1.5 35B-A3B (MoE)?

No. Ornith-1.5 35B-A3B (MoE) does not fit on M3 24GB: Default needs 24.8 GB and 16.1 GB is usable.

Hardware: M3 24GB · Model: Ornith-1.5 35B-A3B (MoE)

M3 24GB has 24 GB of unified memory and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M2 24GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M3 24GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 16.1 GB. Ornith-1.5 35B-A3B (MoE) (35B, 3B active, Ornith) at Default is a 23 GB download and needs 24.8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantDefault
Download size23 GB
Memory needed24.8 GB
Usable fast memory16.1 GB
Fitdoes not fit
Estimated speedno estimate, it does not fit
Commandollama run ornith-1.5:35b

Smallest hardware that runs it: RTX 4060 Ti 16GB at Default (partial offload (slower), 24.8 GB needed, 15.5 GB usable, about 20 tok/s (estimate)). Can a RTX 4060 Ti 16GB run Ornith-1.5 35B-A3B (MoE)?

A smaller Ornith model that fits this hardware: Ornith-1.5 9B at Default (fits in fast memory, 8 GB). Can a M3 24GB run Ornith-1.5 9B?

Open M3 24GB 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.

A project by OnDevice Labs · llms.txt