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Can a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB run Muse Glimmer 30B?

Yes. Muse Glimmer 30B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB at Q8_0 (33.4 GB needed, 384.0 GB usable), about 21 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB · Model: Muse Glimmer 30B

Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB has 512 GB of unified memory and 819 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 384.0 GB. Muse Glimmer 30B (29.8B, Muse) at Q8_0 is a 31 GB download and needs 33.4 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size31 GB
Memory needed33.4 GB
Usable fast memory384.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~21 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run muse-glimmer:30b-q8_0
Open Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB 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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