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Can I run Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking-GGUF on a Mac with 16 GB?

Yes, just

Its Q8_0 file (8.71 GB) fits in the 10.7 GB a Mac with 16 GB can use, with room for ≈ 13K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 16 GB Get the Q8_0 file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking-GGUF:Q8_0

Files and context on Mac with 16 GB

Each file of Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking-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.

FileSizeOn Mac with 16 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
F1616.4 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_08.71 GBTight13K26K
Q4_K_M5.03 GBFits37K75K

Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking-GGUF 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.