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Can I run Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct-FP8 on a Mac with 64 GB?

No

Even its smallest file (4-bit (estimate), 270 GB) is more than a Mac with 64 GB can hold (48.0 GB usable): it needs a Mac with 512 GB.

Full analysis of Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct-FP8 Everything that runs on Mac with 64 GB

Files and context on Mac with 64 GB

Each file of Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct-FP8 (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 published482 GBDoesn't fit——
4-bit (estimate)270 GBDoesn't fit——

Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct-FP8 on other hardware

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