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Yes. Qwen3.5 0.8B fits in fast memory on M4 16GB at Q8_0 (2 GB needed, 10.7 GB usable), about 96 tok/s (estimate).
Hardware: M4 16GB · Model: Qwen3.5 0.8B
M4 16GB has 16 GB of unified memory and 120 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 10.7 GB. Qwen3.5 0.8B (0.87B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 1 GB download and needs 2 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q8_0 |
|---|---|
| Download size | 1 GB |
| Memory needed | 2 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 10.7 GB |
| Fit | fits in fast memory |
| Estimated speed | ~96 tok/s (estimate) |
| Command | ollama run qwen3.5:0.8b-q8_0 |
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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