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Can a M4 Pro 24GB run Qwen3.8 27B?

No. Qwen3.8 27B does not fit on M4 Pro 24GB: Default needs 20.3 GB and 16.1 GB is usable.

Hardware: M4 Pro 24GB · Model: Qwen3.8 27B

M4 Pro 24GB has 24 GB of unified memory and 273 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 16.1 GB. Qwen3.8 27B (27B, Alibaba) at Default is a 18 GB download and needs 20.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantDefault
Download size18 GB
Memory needed20.3 GB
Usable fast memory16.1 GB
Fitdoes not fit
Estimated speedno estimate, it does not fit
Commandollama run qwen3.8:27b

Smallest hardware that runs it: RTX 3060 12GB at Default (partial offload (slower), 20.3 GB needed, 11.5 GB usable, about 4 tok/s (estimate)). Can a RTX 3060 12GB run Qwen3.8 27B?

A smaller Alibaba model that fits this hardware: Qwen 2.5 14B at Q5_K_M (fits in fast memory, 12.3 GB). Can a M4 Pro 24GB run Qwen 2.5 14B?

Open M4 Pro 24GB 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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