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Can I run Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP on a Mac with 16 GB?

Yes, with a GGUF version

The published weights are too big, but the Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-plusIQ-TOOLS-NEO-MAX-MTP-Q6_K file from DavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF (8.76 GB) fits, with room for ≈ 55K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP Everything that runs on Mac with 16 GB Get the Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-plusIQ-TOOLS-NEO-MAX-MTP-Q6_K file on Hugging Face
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Files and context on Mac with 16 GB

Each file of Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP (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.

FileSizeOn Mac with 16 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
As published19.3 GBDoesn't fit——
BF16DavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF18.4 GBDoesn't fit——
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-plusIQ-TOOLS-NEO-MAX-MTP-Q8_0DavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF10.7 GBDoesn't fit——
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-plusIQ-NEO-MAX-MTP-Q8_0DavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF10.7 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_0DavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF10.7 GBDoesn't fit——
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-Q8_0DavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF10.5 GBDoesn't fit4K8K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-plusIQ-TOOLS-NEO-MAX-MTP-Q6_KDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF8.76 GBTight55K111K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-plusIQ-NEO-MAX-MTP-Q6_KDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF8.76 GBTight55K111K
Q6_KDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF8.76 GBTight55K111K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-Q6_KDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF8.56 GBTight61K123K
Q5_K_MDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF7.84 GBFits83K165K
Q5_K_SDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF7.67 GBFits88K175K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-Q5_K_MDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF7.67 GBFits88K176K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-Q5_K_SDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF7.51 GBFits93K185K
Q4_K_MDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF6.98 GBFits108K217K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-Q4_K_MDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF6.83 GBFits113K226K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-MTP-IQ4_NLDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF6.76 GBFits115K230K
Q4_K_SDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF6.69 GBFits117K234K
IQ4_NLDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF6.62 GBFits119K238K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-Q4_K_SDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF6.55 GBFits121K242K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-MTP-IQ4_XSDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF6.53 GBFits122K244K
IQ4_XSDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF6.40 GBFits126K251K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-MTP-IQ3_MDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF5.72 GBFits146K256K
IQ3_MDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF5.62 GBFits149K256K
Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncnr-Heretic-NEO-MAX-MTP-IQ2_MDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF4.94 GBFits169K256K
IQ2_MDavidAU/Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP-GGUF4.94 GBFits169K256K

Qwen3.5-9B-The-Defiant-Fable-Uncensored-Heretic-NEO-IMATRIX-MAX-MTP 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.