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Can I run Qwen3.8-27B on a Mac with 32 GB?

Yes, with a GGUF version

The published weights are too big, but the Q4_K_M file from ggml-org/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF (19.0 GB) fits, with room for ≈ 33K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.8-27B Everything that runs on Mac with 32 GB Get the Q4_K_M file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/ggml-org/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Files and context on Mac with 32 GB

Each file of Qwen3.8-27B (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 32 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
As published55.6 GBDoesn't fit——
BF16ggml-org/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF53.8 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_0ggml-org/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF28.6 GBDoesn't fit——
Q4_K_Mggml-org/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF19.0 GBTight33K66K
mtp-Qwen3.8-27B-BF16ggml-org/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF5.95 GBFits227K256K
IQ4_XSbyteshape/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF13.1 GBFits121K241K
IQ3_Sbyteshape/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF11.0 GBFits151K256K
IQ3_XSbyteshape/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF10.4 GBFits161K256K
IQ3_XXSbyteshape/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF9.92 GBFits168K256K
IQ2_XXSbyteshape/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF8.84 GBFits184K256K

Qwen3.8-27B on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 32 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.