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Can the Apple M1 Max run gemma3 27B?

FULL

18.9 GB needed of 30 GB usable — headroom for context

~30GB usable · Apple M1 Max · model file 17GB · 27B

~13–19 tok/s

computed roofline: 400 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 17.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run gemma3 27B on instead

Mac mini M4 (32GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs gemma3 27B fully ($999)

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the Apple M1 Max · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory