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Can a Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB run Qwen3.6 27B?

Yes. Qwen3.6 27B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB at Q4_K_M (19.3 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 22 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB · Model: Qwen3.6 27B

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. Qwen3.6 27B (27.8B, Alibaba) at Q4_K_M is a 17 GB download and needs 19.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size17 GB
Memory needed19.3 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~22 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen3.6:27b-q4_K_M
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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