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Can I run Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF on a Mac with 36 GB?

Yes, just

Its Q6_K_S file (22.9 GB) fits in the 24.0 GB a Mac with 36 GB can use, with room for ≈ 15K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 36 GB Get the Q6_K_S file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/ukisai/Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:Q6_K_S

Files and context on Mac with 36 GB

Each file of Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-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_029.0 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_K_L25.0 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_K23.9 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_K_S22.9 GBTight15K29K
Q5_K_M20.9 GBTight44K87K
Q5_K_S19.6 GBTight64K128K
Q4_K_L18.8 GBFits75K150K
IQ4_NL17.4 GBFits95K191K
Q4_K_M17.4 GBFits95K191K
Q4_K_S16.4 GBFits111K223K
IQ4_XS15.5 GBFits125K249K
IQ3_M14.9 GBFits134K256K
Q3_K_L14.1 GBFits145K256K
Q3_K_M13.4 GBFits156K256K
IQ3_XS12.8 GBFits165K256K
Q3_K_S12.7 GBFits165K256K
IQ3_XXS12.3 GBFits172K256K
Q2_K10.8 GBFits194K256K
IQ2_M10.5 GBFits199K256K
IQ2_S9.68 GBFits211K256K
IQ2_XS9.09 GBFits220K256K
IQ2_XXS8.88 GBFits223K256K

Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-27B-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.