Can I run Qwen3-Coder-Next-GGUF on a Mac with 128 GB?

Yes, just

Its Q8_0 file (84.8 GB) fits in the 96.0 GB a Mac with 128 GB can use, with room for ≈ 256K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3-Coder-Next-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 128 GB Get the Q8_0 file on Hugging Face

llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next-GGUF:Q8_0

Files and context on Mac with 128 GB

Each file of Qwen3-Coder-Next-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 128 GB	Context (16-bit)	Context (8-bit)
F16	159 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
Q8_0	84.8 GB	Tight	256K	256K
Q6_K	65.5 GB	Fits	256K	256K
Q5_K_M	56.7 GB	Fits	256K	256K
Q5_0	55.0 GB	Fits	256K	256K
Q4_K_M	48.4 GB	Fits	256K	256K

Qwen3-Coder-Next-GGUF on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 128 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.