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Can the Apple M1 Ultra run qwen3.8 27B?

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18.5 GB needed of 62 GB usable — headroom for context

~62GB usable · Apple M1 Ultra · model file 16.5GB · 27B

~27–39 tok/s

computed roofline: 800 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 16.5GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run qwen3.8 27B on instead

Mac mini M4 (32GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs qwen3.8 27B fully ($999)

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