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Can the Apple M3 Max (64GB) run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B?

Apple M3 Max (64GB) × Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q8_033.8 GB of 48 GB
Weights 32.4 GBKV cache 0.8 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ8_0Near-lossless
Memory33.8 GBof 48 GB usable
Speed~68tokens per second
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The Apple M3 Max (64GB) can run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B fully in unified memory at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 33.8 GB of the 48 GB available, at roughly 68 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B:

ollama run qwen3-coder:30b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 19.9 GB here). You have room for Q8_0, which is near-lossless: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

Run it in the cloud

No Apple M3 Max (64GB)? Run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B in the cloud.

Rent a cloud GPU by the hour. No upfront cost, stop any time.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 48 GB the Apple M3 Max (64GB) can use. macOS lets the GPU use about 48 GB of the 64 GB unified memory by default.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality62.4 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless33.8 GBFits~68 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent26.4 GBFits~89 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good23.1 GBFits~102 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular19.9 GBFits~120 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded16.3 GBFits~149 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded12.8 GBFits~194 tok/s

GPUs that run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B comfortably

Models that run well on the Apple M3 Max (64GB)

Frequently asked questions

Can Apple M3 Max (64GB) run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B?

Yes. The Apple M3 Max (64GB) can run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B fully in unified memory at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 33.8 GB of the 48 GB available, at roughly 68 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B need?

About 19.9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 62.4 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B on the Apple M3 Max (64GB)?

Roughly 68 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the Apple M3 Max (64GB)'s 400 GB/s memory bandwidth.