Can I run Qwen3.8-3.6-27B-blend-GGUF on a Mac with 24 GB?

Yes, just

Its IQ4_XS file (14.3 GB) fits in the 16.0 GB a Mac with 24 GB can use, with room for ≈ 24K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.8-3.6-27B-blend-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 24 GB Get the IQ4_XS file on Hugging Face

ollama run hf.co/JetBrains/Qwen3.8-3.6-27B-blend-GGUF:IQ4_XS

Files and context on Mac with 24 GB

Each file of Qwen3.8-3.6-27B-blend-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 24 GB	Context (16-bit)	Context (8-bit)
Q5_K_M	19.5 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
Q4_K_M	16.8 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
IQ4_XS	14.3 GB	Tight	24K	47K
Q3_K_XL	13.1 GB	Tight	40K	80K
IQ3_S	12.6 GB	Fits	48K	97K

Qwen3.8-3.6-27B-blend-GGUF on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 24 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.