Can I run LFM2.5-8B-A1B-Qwen3.8-Turbo-Brilliance-Power-X12-NEO-MAX-GGUF on a Mac with 16 GB?

Yes, just

Its Q8_0 file (9.26 GB) fits in the 10.7 GB a Mac with 16 GB can use, with room for ≈ 112K tokens of context.

Full analysis of LFM2.5-8B-A1B-Qwen3.8-Turbo-Brilliance-Power-X12-NEO-MAX-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 16 GB Get the Q8_0 file on Hugging Face

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Files and context on Mac with 16 GB

Each file of LFM2.5-8B-A1B-Qwen3.8-Turbo-Brilliance-Power-X12-NEO-MAX-GGUF (and of GGUF versions the site has analyzed), and how much context fits next to it, with the context cache in 16-bit or 8-bit.

File	Size	On Mac with 16 GB	Context (16-bit)	Context (8-bit)
BF16	16.9 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
Q8_0	9.26 GB	Tight	112K	125K
LFM2.5-8B-A1B-Q3.8-TBrilliance-NEO-Q8_0	9.01 GB	Tight	125K	125K
Q6_K	7.27 GB	Fits	125K	125K
LFM2.5-8B-A1B-Q3.8-TBrilliance-NEO-Q6_K	6.96 GB	Fits	125K	125K
LFM2.5-8B-A1B-Q3.8-TBrilliance-NEO-MAX-IQ4_XS	4.90 GB	Fits	125K	125K
IQ4_XS	4.59 GB	Fits	125K	125K

LFM2.5-8B-A1B-Qwen3.8-Turbo-Brilliance-Power-X12-NEO-MAX-GGUF on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 16 GB

Assumes 67% of the Mac's memory is usable (macOS's default limit for the GPU; it can be raised) and at least 4K tokens of context for one conversation, with the context cache in 16-bit unless noted. Fits leaves at least 20% of that memory for context; Tight leaves less.