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can it run

Can the eGPU dock (TB4/TB5, e.g. AOOSTAR AG02) run qwen3.8 27B?

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Specs

model file16.5GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory21GB working set
this machine(adds a desktop GPU)
params27B
licenseapache-2.0
price$229

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull qwen3.8:27b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

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