Can I run Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1 on a Mac with 36 GB?

Yes, just

Its Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Large file (20.8 GB) fits in the 24.0 GB a Mac with 36 GB can use, with room for ≈ 45K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1 Everything that runs on Mac with 36 GB Get the Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Large file on Hugging Face

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Files and context on Mac with 36 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.

File	Size	On Mac with 36 GB	Context (16-bit)	Context (8-bit)
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-XL	25.3 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Large	20.8 GB	Tight	45K	90K
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Medium	16.4 GB	Fits	111K	222K
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-Small	10.9 GB	Fits	192K	256K
Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1-XS	8.36 GB	Fits	231K	256K

Qwen3.8-27B-BaseQuant-V1 on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 36 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.