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Yes. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B (MoE) fits in fast memory on M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB at Q4_K_M (26.4 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 51 tok/s (estimate).
Hardware: M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB · Model: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B (MoE)
M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 300 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B (MoE) (31.6B, 3B active, NVIDIA) at Q4_K_M is a 25 GB download and needs 26.4 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q4_K_M |
|---|---|
| Download size | 25 GB |
| Memory needed | 26.4 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 27.0 GB |
| Fit | fits in fast memory |
| Estimated speed | ~51 tok/s (estimate) |
| Command | ollama run nemotron-3.5-lightning:30b-a3b-q4_K_M |
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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