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

Yes, just

Its Q5_K_M file (20.2 GB) fits in the 21.3 GB a Mac with 32 GB can use, with room for ≈ 15K tokens of context.

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

Files and context on Mac with 32 GB

Each file of Swift-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 32 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
F1654.7 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_029.1 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_K_L25.2 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_K_S23.1 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_K22.9 GBDoesn't fit——
Q5_K_M20.2 GBTight15K29K
Q5_K_S19.8 GBTight21K42K
Q4_K_L19.0 GBTight32K64K
Q4_K_M18.0 GBTight47K94K
IQ4_NL17.7 GBTight53K105K
Q4_117.5 GBTight54K109K
Q4_K_S16.6 GBFits69K137K
Q4_016.0 GBFits78K155K
IQ4_XS15.7 GBFits82K164K
IQ3_M15.1 GBFits91K182K
Q3_K_L14.3 GBFits102K204K
Q3_K_M13.6 GBFits113K225K
IQ3_XS13.0 GBFits122K243K
Q3_K_S13.0 GBFits123K245K
IQ3_XXS12.5 GBFits129K256K
Q2_K11.0 GBFits151K256K
IQ2_M10.7 GBFits156K256K
IQ2_S9.90 GBFits168K256K
IQ2_XS9.30 GBFits177K256K
IQ2_XXS9.09 GBFits180K256K

Swift-Qwen3.8-27B-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.