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Can I run Qwen3.6-27B-GGUF on a Mac with 32 GB?

Yes, just

Its UD-Q5_K_XL file (20.0 GB) fits in the 21.3 GB a Mac with 32 GB can use, with room for ≈ 17K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.6-27B-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 32 GB Get the UD-Q5_K_XL file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_XL

Files and context on Mac with 32 GB

Each file of Qwen3.6-27B-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)
BF1653.8 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q8_K_XL35.3 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_028.6 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q6_K_XL25.6 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_K22.5 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q5_K_XL20.0 GBTight17K34K
Q5_K_M19.5 GBTight25K50K
Q5_K_S19.0 GBTight33K66K
UD-Q4_K_XL17.6 GBTight53K106K
Q4_117.3 GBTight59K117K
Q4_K_M16.8 GBFits65K130K
IQ4_NL16.1 GBFits76K152K
Q4_K_S15.9 GBFits79K159K
Q4_015.8 GBFits80K161K
IQ4_XS15.4 GBFits86K171K
UD-Q3_K_XL14.5 GBFits100K200K
Q3_K_M13.6 GBFits113K226K
Q3_K_S12.4 GBFits131K256K
UD-IQ3_XXS12.0 GBFits137K256K
UD-Q2_K_XL11.8 GBFits139K256K
UD-IQ2_M10.8 GBFits154K256K
UD-IQ2_XXS9.39 GBFits176K256K

Qwen3.6-27B-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.