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Can I run Qwen3-8B on a Mac with 64 GB?

Yes

Its published weights (16.4 GB) fit in the 48.0 GB a Mac with 64 GB can use, with room for ≈ 40K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3-8B Everything that runs on Mac with 64 GB Get the weights on Hugging Face
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Files and context on Mac with 64 GB

Each file of Qwen3-8B (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 64 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
As published16.4 GBFits40K40K
4-bit (estimate)4.61 GBFits40K40K

Qwen3-8B on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 64 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.