can it run
No. 16GB of memory can't hold the 24GB working set this model needs. A smaller quant or a bigger machine is required.
| model file | 18.6GB (GGUF Q4_K_M) |
| minimum memory | 24GB working set |
| this machine | 16GB unified (config to 32GB) |
| params | 30B-A3B MoE |
| license | apache-2.0 |
| price | $899 |
easy run: ollama pull qwen3:30b-a3b
runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio
→ Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) — cheapest machine that runs it ($1669)
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