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Can I run Dolphin3-Cyber-8B-GGUF on a Mac with 24 GB?

Yes

Its Q8_0 file (8.54 GB) fits in the 16.0 GB a Mac with 24 GB can use, with room for ≈ 56K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Dolphin3-Cyber-8B-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 24 GB Get the Q8_0 file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/RavichandranJ/Dolphin3-Cyber-8B-GGUF:Q8_0

Files and context on Mac with 24 GB

Each file of Dolphin3-Cyber-8B-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 24 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
F1616.1 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_08.54 GBFits56K111K
Q6_K6.60 GBFits70K128K
Q5_K_M5.73 GBFits76K128K
Q5_05.60 GBFits77K128K
Q5_K_S5.60 GBFits77K128K
Q4_K_M4.92 GBFits83K128K
Q4_K_S4.69 GBFits84K128K
Q4_04.66 GBFits84K128K
Q3_K_M4.02 GBFits89K128K
Q2_K3.18 GBFits96K128K

Dolphin3-Cyber-8B-GGUF on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 24 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.