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Can a M3 Pro 18GB run Qwen3-VL 4B?

Yes. Qwen3-VL 4B fits in fast memory on M3 Pro 18GB at Q8_0 (6.3 GB needed, 12.1 GB usable), about 24 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 Pro 18GB · Model: Qwen3-VL 4B

M3 Pro 18GB has 18 GB of unified memory and 150 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 12.1 GB. Qwen3-VL 4B (4.44B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 5.1 GB download and needs 6.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size5.1 GB
Memory needed6.3 GB
Usable fast memory12.1 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~24 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen3-vl:4b-instruct-q8_0
Open M3 Pro 18GB 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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