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Can a Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB run d3 27B (vLLM Semantic Router, decision)?

No. d3 27B (vLLM Semantic Router, decision) does not fit on Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB: Q8_0 needs 32.3 GB and 27.0 GB is usable.

Hardware: Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB · Model: d3 27B (vLLM Semantic Router, decision)

Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 460 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. d3 27B (vLLM Semantic Router, decision) (27B, vLLM Semantic Router) at Q8_0 is a 30 GB download and needs 32.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size30 GB
Memory needed32.3 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitdoes not fit
Estimated speedno estimate, it does not fit
Commandollama run d3:27b-q8_0

Smallest hardware that runs it: RTX 3090 24GB at Q8_0 (partial offload (slower), 32.3 GB needed, 23.5 GB usable, about 4 tok/s (estimate)). Can a RTX 3090 24GB run d3 27B (vLLM Semantic Router, decision)?

A smaller vLLM Semantic Router model that fits this hardware: d3 9B (vLLM Semantic Router, decision) at Q8_0 (fits in fast memory, 11.4 GB). Can a Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB run d3 9B (vLLM Semantic Router, decision)?

Open Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB 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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