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

Yes, just

Its UD-Q6_K file (22.2 GB) fits in the 24.0 GB a Mac with 36 GB can use, with room for ≈ 25K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.8-27B-QSA-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 36 GB Get the UD-Q6_K file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/higa2515/Qwen3.8-27B-QSA-GGUF:UD-Q6_K

Files and context on Mac with 36 GB

Each file of Qwen3.8-27B-QSA-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 36 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
Q8_029.3 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q6_K22.2 GBTight25K49K
UD-Q5_K_M20.0 GBTight58K115K
UD-Q4_K_M16.7 GBFits107K214K

Qwen3.8-27B-QSA-GGUF 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.