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Can a M4 16GB run Qwen3-VL 2B?

Yes. Qwen3-VL 2B fits in fast memory on M4 16GB at Q8_0 (3.8 GB needed, 10.7 GB usable), about 36 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M4 16GB · Model: Qwen3-VL 2B

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-VL 2B (2.13B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 2.7 GB download and needs 3.8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size2.7 GB
Memory needed3.8 GB
Usable fast memory10.7 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~36 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen3-vl:2b-instruct-q8_0
Open M4 16GB 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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