Can I run Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-heretic-GSQ-RCO-GGUF on a Mac with 16 GB?

Yes, just

Its IQ2_S file (9.61 GB) fits in the 10.7 GB a Mac with 16 GB can use, with room for ≈ 13K tokens of context. That file is under 3 bits per weight, so expect noticeably lower quality.

Full analysis of Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-heretic-GSQ-RCO-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 16 GB Get the IQ2_S file on Hugging Face

ollama run hf.co/jegreene/Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-heretic-GSQ-RCO-GGUF:IQ2_S

Files and context on Mac with 16 GB

Each file of Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-heretic-GSQ-RCO-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 16 GB	Context (16-bit)	Context (8-bit)
IQ3_S	12.1 GB	Doesn't fit	—	—
IQ3_XXS	10.4 GB	Doesn't fit	1K	2K
IQ2_S	9.61 GB	Tight	13K	27K

Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-heretic-GSQ-RCO-GGUF on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 16 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.