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Can I run Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1 on a Mac with 24 GB?

Yes

Its Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Small file (10.9 GB) fits in the 16.0 GB a Mac with 24 GB can use, with room for ≈ 73K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1 Everything that runs on Mac with 24 GB Get the Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Small file on Hugging Face
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Files and context on Mac with 24 GB

Each file of Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1 (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)
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-XL25.3 GBDoesn't fit——
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Large20.8 GBDoesn't fit——
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Medium16.4 GBDoesn't fit——
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Small10.9 GBFits73K147K
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-XS8.36 GBFits111K223K

Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1 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.