Can I run Qwen3-14B-GGUF on a Mac with 16 GB?

Yes, just

Its Q4_K_M file (9.00 GB) fits in the 10.7 GB a Mac with 16 GB can use, with room for ≈ 10K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3-14B-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 16 GB Get the Q4_K_M file on Hugging Face

ollama run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen3-14B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Files and context on Mac with 16 GB

Each file of Qwen3-14B-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)
Q8_0	15.7 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
Q6_K	12.1 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
Q5_K_M	10.5 GB	Doesn't fit	928	2K
Q5_0	10.3 GB	Doesn't fit	2K	5K
Q4_K_M	9.00 GB	Tight	10K	20K

Qwen3-14B-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.