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Can the Apple M1 run qwen3 14B?

NO

9.9 GB vs 6 GB usable — does not fit

~6GB usable · Apple M1 · model file 9.3GB · 14B

~5.9–7.3 tok/s

computed roofline: 68.25 GB/s × 0.80–1.00 efficiency window / 9.3GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run qwen3 14B on instead

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs qwen3 14B fully ($135)

every model the Apple M1 can run — full list

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