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Can I run Qwen3-14B-GGUF on a Mac with 24 GB?

Yes

Its Q6_K file (12.1 GB) fits in the 16.0 GB a Mac with 24 GB can use, with room for ≈ 23K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3-14B-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 24 GB Get the Q6_K file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen3-14B-GGUF:Q6_K

Files and context on Mac with 24 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.

FileSizeOn Mac with 24 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
Q8_015.7 GBDoesn't fit2K4K
Q6_K12.1 GBFits23K40K
Q5_K_M10.5 GBFits33K40K
Q5_010.3 GBFits34K40K
Q4_K_M9.00 GBFits40K40K

Qwen3-14B-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.