Can I run K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B on a Mac with 32 GB?

Even its smallest file (4-bit (estimate), 21.1 GB) is more than a Mac with 32 GB can hold (21.3 GB usable): it needs a Mac with 32 GB.

Full analysis of K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B Everything that runs on Mac with 32 GB

Files and context on Mac with 32 GB

Each file of K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B (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 32 GB	Context (16-bit)	Context (8-bit)
As published	74.9 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
BF16IFM/K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B-GGUF	74.9 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—

K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B on other hardware

NVIDIA H100Probably, at 4-bit
RTX 5090Probably, at 4-bit
RTX 4090No
RTX 3090No
RTX 5060 Ti 16 GBNo
RTX 3060 12 GBNo
RTX 4060No
Mac with 32 GBNo
Mac with 64 GBProbably, at 4-bit
Mac with 128 GBYes

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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.