Can I run ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 on a Mac with 32 GB?

Yes, just

Its published weights (20.6 GB) fit in the 21.3 GB a Mac with 32 GB can use, with room for ≈ 9K tokens of context.

Full analysis of ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 Everything that runs on Mac with 32 GB Get the weights on Hugging Face

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Files and context on Mac with 32 GB

Each file of ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 (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 32 GB	Context (16-bit)	Context (8-bit)
As published	20.6 GB	Tight	9K	17K
4-bit (estimate)	15.6 GB	Fits	83K	165K

ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 on other hardware

NVIDIA H100Yes
RTX 5090Yes
RTX 4090Yes, just
RTX 3090Yes, just
RTX 5060 Ti 16 GBNo
RTX 3060 12 GBNo
RTX 4060No
Mac with 32 GBYes, just
Mac with 64 GBYes
Mac with 128 GBYes

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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.