Question 1

Can the Apple M3 run qwen3 4B?

Accepted Answer

qwen3 4B needs about 3.16GB working set (weights 2.6GB + KV cache 0.56GB at 4k context). The Apple M3 offers ~6GB usable — verdict: full. 3.2 GB needed of 6 GB usable — headroom for context

Question 2

How fast is qwen3 4B on the Apple M3?

Accepted Answer

~31–38 tok/s on the Apple M3. computed roofline: 100 GB/s × 0.80–1.00 efficiency window / 2.6GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points. Small models (under ~4.5B) run BELOW these bands — kernel-launch overhead keeps them from saturating bandwidth (measured against community medians, 09-06).

Question 3

What should I run qwen3 4B on instead?

Accepted Answer

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) runs it fully ($110).

Can the Apple M3 run qwen3 4B?

Run qwen3 4B on instead