Can I run Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-GGUF on a Mac with 24 GB?
Yes, just
Its Q3_K_S file (15.3 GB) fits in the 16.0 GB a Mac with 24 GB can use, with room for ≈ 32K tokens of context.
Full analysis of Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-GGUF
Everything that runs on Mac with 24 GB
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ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-GGUF:Q3_K_SFiles and context on Mac with 24 GB
Each file of Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-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.
| File | Size | On Mac with 24 GB | Context (16-bit) | Context (8-bit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | 69.4 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q8_K_XL | 48.7 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q8_0 | 36.9 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q6_K_XL | 32.1 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q6_K | 28.9 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q6_K_S | 28.5 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q5_K_XL | 26.4 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q5_K_M | 26.2 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q5_K_S | 24.8 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q4_K_XL | 22.2 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q4_K_M | 22.0 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| MXFP4_MOE | 21.6 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q4_K_S | 20.7 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q4_K_L | 20.2 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-IQ4_NL | 17.8 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-IQ4_XS | 17.5 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| UD-Q3_K_XL | 16.6 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q3_K_M | 16.4 GB | Doesn't fit | — | — |
| Q3_K_S | 15.3 GB | Tight | 32K | 64K |
| UD-IQ3_S | 13.6 GB | Tight | 112K | 224K |
| UD-IQ3_XXS | 13.1 GB | Tight | 136K | 256K |
| UD-Q2_K_XL | 12.2 GB | Fits | 180K | 256K |
| UD-IQ2_M | 11.4 GB | Fits | 217K | 256K |
| UD-IQ2_XXS | 10.7 GB | Fits | 252K | 256K |