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Can a M3 Pro 36GB run Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B (MoE, IQ2-class)?

Yes, if the Mac GPU limit is raised. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B (MoE, IQ2-class) on M3 Pro 36GB at Default needs sudo sysctl iogpu.wired_limit_mb=30413 (27.7 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 20 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 Pro 36GB · Model: Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B (MoE, IQ2-class)

M3 Pro 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 150 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B (MoE, IQ2-class) (74B, 9B active, NVIDIA) at Default is a 25 GB download and needs 27.7 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantDefault
Download size25 GB
Memory needed27.7 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitfits if the Mac GPU limit is raised
Estimated speed~20 tok/s (estimate)
Mac GPU limitsudo sysctl iogpu.wired_limit_mb=30413
Commandollama run nemotron-3.5-bolt:74b-a9b
Open M3 Pro 36GB 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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