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Can the Apple M4 Pro (24GB) run Qwen3 30B-A3B?

Apple M4 Pro (24GB) × Qwen3 30B-A3B8K context
Yes, with heavy quantizationFits only at a low-quality quant
Memory at Q2_K12.8 GB of 16.1 GB
Weights 11.4 GBKV cache 0.8 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ2_KHeavily degraded
Speed~132tokens per second
Max context32Kthe model's full window
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Only just. Qwen3 30B-A3B fits on the Apple M4 Pro (24GB) at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 132 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

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Run it with Ollama

Ollama's default qwen3:30b download is Q4_K_M, which needs about 19.9 GB, more than the 16.1 GB available. Download the Q2_K GGUF instead (LM Studio lists quants per model), or try a smaller context length.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 16.1 GB the Apple M4 Pro (24GB) can use. macOS lets the GPU use about 16.1 GB of the 24 GB unified memory by default.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality62.4 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless33.8 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent26.4 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good23.1 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular19.9 GBToo big—
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded16.3 GBToo big—
Q2_KHeavily degraded12.8 GBFits~132 tok/s

Measured speed from real Apple M4 Pro (24GB) owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own Apple M4 Pro (24GB), next to our estimate.

No one has measured Qwen3 30B-A3B on the Apple M4 Pro (24GB) yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an Apple M4 Pro (24GB)? Add your real speed

One command times Qwen3 30B-A3B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- qwen3:30b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="qwen3:30b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

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Models that run well on the Apple M4 Pro (24GB)

Frequently asked questions

Can Apple M4 Pro (24GB) run Qwen3 30B-A3B?

Only just. Qwen3 30B-A3B fits on the Apple M4 Pro (24GB) at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 132 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

How much VRAM does Qwen3 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 30B-A3B on the Apple M4 Pro (24GB)?

Roughly 132 tokens per second at Q2_K, estimated from the Apple M4 Pro (24GB)'s 273 GB/s memory bandwidth.