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Can the Apple M1 Pro run gpt-oss 20B MoE?

TIGHT

14.2 of 14 GB usable — barely over; real with q8 KV cache (halves KV) or shorter context

~14GB usable · Apple M1 Pro · model file 14GB · 20B MoE

~52–76 tok/s (active-expert estimate)

computed roofline: 200 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 2.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

MoE: file is 14GB (that decides fit) but only ~3B of experts activate per token (~2.1GB streamed) — band below is the active-expert estimate, optimistic; community MoE rows run several× the naive bandwidth math

Run gpt-oss 20B MoE on instead

Tesla P40 (24GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs gpt-oss 20B MoE fully ($290)

every model the Apple M1 Pro can run — full list

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