Can I run Qwen3-Coder-Next-GGUF on a Mac with 96 GB?

Yes, just

Its Q6_K file (65.5 GB) fits in the 72.0 GB a Mac with 96 GB can use, with room for ≈ 254K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3-Coder-Next-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 96 GB Get the Q6_K file on Hugging Face

llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next-GGUF:Q6_K

Files and context on Mac with 96 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 96 GB	Context (16-bit)	Context (8-bit)
F16	159 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
Q8_0	84.8 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
Q6_K	65.5 GB	Tight	254K	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 96 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.