Can I run QwQ-32B-GGUF on a Mac with 128 GB?

Yes

Its qwq-32b-fp16 file (65.5 GB) fits in the 96.0 GB a Mac with 128 GB can use, with room for ≈ 113K tokens of context.

Full analysis of QwQ-32B-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 128 GB Get the qwq-32b-fp16 file on Hugging Face

llama-server -hf Qwen/QwQ-32B-GGUF

Files and context on Mac with 128 GB

Each file of QwQ-32B-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 128 GB	Context (16-bit)	Context (8-bit)
qwq-32b-fp16	65.5 GB	Fits	113K	128K
Q8_0	34.8 GB	Fits	128K	128K
Q6_K	26.9 GB	Fits	128K	128K
Q5_K_M	23.3 GB	Fits	128K	128K
Q5_0	22.6 GB	Fits	128K	128K
Q4_K_M	19.9 GB	Fits	128K	128K

QwQ-32B-GGUF on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 128 GB

Assumes 75% 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.