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Yes. Qwen3 0.6B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB at Q8_0 (1.5 GB needed, 72.0 GB usable), about 789 tok/s (estimate).
Hardware: Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB · Model: Qwen3 0.6B
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB has 96 GB of unified memory and 819 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 72.0 GB. Qwen3 0.6B (0.75B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 0.83 GB download and needs 1.5 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.
| Best quant | Q8_0 |
|---|---|
| Download size | 0.83 GB |
| Memory needed | 1.5 GB |
| Usable fast memory | 72.0 GB |
| Fit | fits in fast memory |
| Estimated speed | ~789 tok/s (estimate) |
| Command | ollama run qwen3:0.6b-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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