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

Yes, just

Its Q6_K_S file (23.1 GB) fits in the 24.0 GB a Mac with 36 GB can use, with room for ≈ 12K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Swift-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-Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:Q6_K_S

Files and context on Mac with 36 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 36 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 GBTight12K23K
Q6_K22.9 GBTight14K29K
Q5_K_M20.2 GBTight54K109K
Q5_K_S19.8 GBTight61K121K
Q4_K_L19.0 GBFits72K143K
Q4_K_M18.0 GBFits87K173K
IQ4_NL17.7 GBFits92K185K
Q4_117.5 GBFits94K188K
Q4_K_S16.6 GBFits108K217K
Q4_016.0 GBFits117K235K
IQ4_XS15.7 GBFits122K243K
IQ3_M15.1 GBFits131K256K
Q3_K_L14.3 GBFits142K256K
Q3_K_M13.6 GBFits152K256K
IQ3_XS13.0 GBFits161K256K
Q3_K_S13.0 GBFits162K256K
IQ3_XXS12.5 GBFits169K256K
Q2_K11.0 GBFits191K256K
IQ2_M10.7 GBFits195K256K
IQ2_S9.90 GBFits208K256K
IQ2_XS9.30 GBFits217K256K
IQ2_XXS9.09 GBFits220K256K

Swift-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.