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Can I run Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-GGUF on a Mac with 48 GB?

Yes, just

Its Q8_0 file (32.5 GB) fits in the 36.0 GB a Mac with 48 GB can use, with room for ≈ 35K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 48 GB Get the Q8_0 file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-GGUF:Q8_0

Files and context on Mac with 48 GB

Each file of Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-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 48 GB Context (16-bit)Context (8-bit)
BF1661.1 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q8_K_XL36.0 GBDoesn't fit102204
Q8_032.5 GBTight35K70K
UD-Q6_K_XL26.3 GBFits96K192K
Q6_K25.1 GBFits108K217K
UD-Q5_K_XL21.7 GBFits142K256K
Q5_K_M21.7 GBFits142K256K
Q5_K_S21.1 GBFits148K256K
Q4_119.2 GBFits167K256K
Q4_K_M18.6 GBFits173K256K
UD-Q4_K_XL17.7 GBFits182K256K
Q4_K_S17.5 GBFits184K256K
Q4_017.4 GBFits185K256K
IQ4_NL17.3 GBFits186K256K
IQ4_XS16.4 GBFits195K256K
Q3_K_M14.7 GBFits211K256K
UD-Q3_K_XL13.8 GBFits220K256K
Q3_K_S13.3 GBFits226K256K
UD-IQ3_XXS12.8 GBFits230K256K
UD-Q2_K_XL11.8 GBFits241K256K
Q2_K_L11.3 GBFits245K256K
Q2_K11.3 GBFits246K256K
UD-IQ2_M10.8 GBFits250K256K
UD-IQ2_XXS10.3 GBFits255K256K
UD-IQ1_M9.63 GBFits256K256K
UD-IQ1_S8.91 GBFits256K256K
UD-TQ1_08.01 GBFits256K256K

Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-GGUF on other hardware

Popular models that run on Mac with 48 GB

Assumes 75% 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.