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Can I run Qwen3.6-27B-MTP-GGUF on a Mac with 36 GB?

Yes, just

Its Q6_K file (22.9 GB) fits in the 24.0 GB a Mac with 36 GB can use, with room for ≈ 14K tokens of context.

Full analysis of Qwen3.6-27B-MTP-GGUF Everything that runs on Mac with 36 GB Get the Q6_K file on Hugging Face
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-MTP-GGUF:Q6_K

Files and context on Mac with 36 GB

Each file of Qwen3.6-27B-MTP-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)
BF1654.7 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q8_K_XL35.8 GBDoesn't fit——
Q8_029.0 GBDoesn't fit——
UD-Q6_K_XL26.0 GBDoesn't fit——
Q6_K22.9 GBTight14K29K
UD-Q5_K_XL20.4 GBTight52K104K
Q5_K_M19.8 GBTight60K120K
Q5_K_S19.3 GBTight68K136K
UD-Q4_K_XL17.9 GBFits88K177K
Q4_117.5 GBFits94K188K
Q4_K_M17.1 GBFits100K201K
IQ4_NL16.3 GBFits112K224K
Q4_K_S16.1 GBFits115K230K
Q4_016.1 GBFits116K232K
IQ4_XS15.7 GBFits121K243K
UD-Q3_K_XL14.8 GBFits135K256K
Q3_K_M13.8 GBFits149K256K
Q3_K_S12.6 GBFits168K256K
UD-IQ3_XXS12.2 GBFits173K256K
UD-Q2_K_XL12.0 GBFits176K256K
UD-IQ2_M11.0 GBFits191K256K
UD-IQ2_XXS9.57 GBFits213K256K

Qwen3.6-27B-MTP-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.