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Can a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB run Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE)?

Yes. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE) fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB at Q4_K_M (292.4 GB needed, 384.0 GB usable), about 15 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB · Model: Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE)

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. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE) (480B, 35B active, Alibaba) at Q4_K_M is a 290 GB download and needs 292.4 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size290 GB
Memory needed292.4 GB
Usable fast memory384.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~15 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen3-coder:480b
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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