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Can I run Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill-GGUF on a Mac with 32 GB?

Yes, just

Its IQ4_XS file (19.6 GB) fits in the 21.3 GB a Mac with 32 GB can use, with room for ≈ 78K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 32 GB Get the IQ4_XS file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill-GGUF:IQ4_XS

Files and context on Mac with 32 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.

FileSizeOn Mac with 32 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
BF1671.1 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_037.8 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_K29.2 GBDoesn't fit——
Q5_K_M25.3 GBDoesn't fit——
Q4_K_M21.7 GBDoesn't fit——
IQ4_XS19.6 GBTight78K157K
Q3_K_M17.7 GBTight172K256K
IQ3_M16.3 GBFits235K256K
Q2_K13.8 GBFits256K256K
IQ2_M12.6 GBFits256K256K

Qwen3.8-35B-A3B-Distill-GGUF on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 32 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.