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Can I run Qwen3-32B on a Mac with 36 GB?

Yes, with a GGUF version

The published weights are too big, but the Q5_0 file from Qwen/Qwen3-32B-GGUF (22.6 GB) fits, with room for ≈ 5K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3-32B Everything that runs on Mac with 36 GB Get the Q5_0 file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen3-32B-GGUF:Q5_0

Files and context on Mac with 36 GB

Each file of Qwen3-32B (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 36 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
As published65.5 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_0Qwen/Qwen3-32B-GGUF34.8 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_KQwen/Qwen3-32B-GGUF26.9 GBDoesn't fit——
Q5_K_MQwen/Qwen3-32B-GGUF23.2 GBDoesn't fit3K6K
Q5_0Qwen/Qwen3-32B-GGUF22.6 GBTight5K10K
Q4_K_MQwen/Qwen3-32B-GGUF19.8 GBTight16K32K

Qwen3-32B on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 36 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.