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Can I run Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-FP8 on a Mac with 16 GB?

Probably, at 4-bit

The published weights are too big, but a 4-bit version (about 4.93 GB) would fit, with room for ≈ 38K tokens of context. The site hasn't analyzed a GGUF of Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-FP8 yet.

Full analysis of Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-FP8 Everything that runs on Mac with 16 GB

Files and context on Mac with 16 GB

Each file of Qwen3-VL-8B-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 16 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
As published10.6 GBDoesn't fit5181K
4-bit (estimate)4.93 GBFits38K76K

Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-FP8 on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 16 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.