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

Yes, just

Its Q5_K_M file (20.7 GB) fits in the 21.3 GB a Mac with 32 GB can use, with room for ≈ 7K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.8-27B-SLQ-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 32 GB Get the Q5_K_M file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/kaitchup/Qwen3.8-27B-SLQ-GGUF:Q5_K_M

Files and context on Mac with 32 GB

Each file of Qwen3.8-27B-SLQ-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)
Q6_K23.7 GBDoesn't fit——
Q5_K_M20.7 GBTight7K14K
Q5_K_S18.9 GBTight34K69K

Qwen3.8-27B-SLQ-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.