Can I run Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill-GGUF on a Mac with 24 GB?
Yes, just
Its Q2_K file (13.8 GB) fits in the 16.0 GB a Mac with 24 GB can use, with room for ≈ 100K tokens of context. That file is under 3 bits per weight, so expect noticeably lower quality.
Full analysis of Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill-GGUF
Everything that runs on Mac with 24 GB
Get the Q2_K file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill-GGUF:Q2_KFiles and context on Mac with 24 GB
Each file of Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill-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.
| File | Size | On Mac with 24 GB | Context (16-bit) | Context (8-bit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | 71.1 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q8_0 | 37.8 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q6_K | 29.2 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q5_K_M | 25.3 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q4_K_M | 21.7 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| IQ4_XS | 19.6 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q3_K_M | 17.7 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| IQ3_M | 16.3 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q2_K | 13.8 GB | Tight | 100K | 200K |
| IQ2_M | 12.6 GB | Fits | 161K | 256K |