← Back to all models

Qwen3 1.7B Base

General model by Alibaba · 1.72B parameters · Released 2025-04-28

Chip
Unified Memory
Bandwidth 307 GB/s
Available for Models ~21 GB

Everything this chip runs, machine by machine: MacBook Pro 14" M5 Pro, MacBook Pro 16" M5 Pro, Mac mini M5 Pro

Runs Excellently

Qwen3 1.7B Base fits comfortably in your 24 GB Mac using Q8_0 quantization, using 10% of your RAM.

~93tok/s
Q8_02.4 GBEstimated
Run it now. Download free No account, no caps, no terminal.

Specifications

Parameters1.7B
Architectureqwen3
Context Length33K
CategoryGeneral
Capabilitiestool_use
Formatgguf
Minimum RAM1 GB
Licenseapache-2.0
HuggingFace Downloads928,512

GGUF Sources

mradermacher
View on HuggingFace →

Quantization Options

QuantizationMemorySpeedFits?
Q8_0 Recommended 2.4 GB~93 tok/s✓
Q6_K 2.0 GB~123 tok/s✓
Q5_K_M 1.8 GB~144 tok/s✓
Q4_K_M 1.6 GB~169 tok/s✓
Q3_K_M 1.4 GB~205 tok/s✓
Q2_K 1.2 GB~265 tok/s✓

Which Mac Can Run Qwen3 1.7B Base?

Affiliate disclosure: the shop icons in this table are Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, ModelPiper earns from qualifying purchases. Every fit rating, quantization and tok/s figure below is computed from the hardware specs and is not influenced by that.

Minimum Mac

MacBook Air — M2 8GB

Q8_0 · ~30 tok/s · 30% RAM

MacQuanttok/sRAM %
Mac Studio · M5 Ultra 96GB Q8_0 ~374 3%
Mac Studio · M5 Ultra 256GB Q8_0 ~374 1%
Mac Studio · M5 Ultra 512GB Q8_0 ~374 0%
Mac Studio · M3 Ultra 96GB Q8_0 ~249 3%
Mac Studio · M3 Ultra 256GB Q8_0 ~249 1%
Mac Studio · M3 Ultra 512GB Q8_0 ~249 0%
Mac Studio · M1 Ultra 64GB Q8_0 ~244 4%
Mac Studio · M1 Ultra 128GB Q8_0 ~244 2%
Mac Studio · M2 Ultra 64GB Q8_0 ~244 4%
Mac Studio · M2 Ultra 128GB Q8_0 ~244 2%
Mac Studio · M2 Ultra 192GB Q8_0 ~244 1%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 36GB Q8_0 ~187 7%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 48GB Q8_0 ~187 5%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~187 4%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 128GB Q8_0 ~187 2%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 36GB Q8_0 ~187 7%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 48GB Q8_0 ~187 5%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~187 4%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 128GB Q8_0 ~187 2%
Mac Studio · M5 Max 36GB Q8_0 ~187 7%
Mac Studio · M5 Max 48GB Q8_0 ~187 5%
Mac Studio · M5 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~187 4%
Mac Studio · M5 Max 128GB Q8_0 ~187 2%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 36GB Q8_0 ~166 7%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 48GB Q8_0 ~166 5%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~166 4%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 128GB Q8_0 ~166 2%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 36GB Q8_0 ~166 7%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 48GB Q8_0 ~166 5%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~166 4%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 128GB Q8_0 ~166 2%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 36GB Q8_0 ~166 7%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 48GB Q8_0 ~166 5%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~166 4%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 128GB Q8_0 ~166 2%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Max 32GB Q8_0 ~122 8%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~122 4%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Max 32GB Q8_0 ~122 8%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~122 4%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Max 96GB Q8_0 ~122 3%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 36GB Q8_0 ~122 7%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 48GB Q8_0 ~122 5%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~122 4%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 96GB Q8_0 ~122 3%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 128GB Q8_0 ~122 2%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Max 32GB Q8_0 ~122 8%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~122 4%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Max 32GB Q8_0 ~122 8%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~122 4%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Max 96GB Q8_0 ~122 3%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 36GB Q8_0 ~122 7%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 48GB Q8_0 ~122 5%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~122 4%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 96GB Q8_0 ~122 3%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 128GB Q8_0 ~122 2%
Mac Studio · M1 Max 32GB Q8_0 ~122 8%
Mac Studio · M1 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~122 4%
Mac Studio · M2 Max 32GB Q8_0 ~122 8%
Mac Studio · M2 Max 64GB Q8_0 ~122 4%
Mac Studio · M2 Max 96GB Q8_0 ~122 3%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Pro 24GB Q8_0 ~93 10%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Pro 48GB Q8_0 ~93 5%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Pro 64GB Q8_0 ~93 4%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Pro 24GB Q8_0 ~93 10%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Pro 48GB Q8_0 ~93 5%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Pro 64GB Q8_0 ~93 4%
Mac mini · M5 Pro 24GB Q8_0 ~93 10%
Mac mini · M5 Pro 48GB Q8_0 ~93 5%
Mac mini · M5 Pro 64GB Q8_0 ~93 4%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Pro 24GB Q8_0 ~83 10%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Pro 48GB Q8_0 ~83 5%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Pro 24GB Q8_0 ~83 10%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Pro 48GB Q8_0 ~83 5%
Mac mini · M4 Pro 24GB Q8_0 ~83 10%
Mac mini · M4 Pro 48GB Q8_0 ~83 5%
Mac mini · M4 Pro 64GB Q8_0 ~83 4%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Pro 16GB Q8_0 ~61 15%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Pro 32GB Q8_0 ~61 8%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Pro 16GB Q8_0 ~61 15%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Pro 32GB Q8_0 ~61 8%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Pro 16GB Q8_0 ~61 15%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Pro 32GB Q8_0 ~61 8%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Pro 16GB Q8_0 ~61 15%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Pro 32GB Q8_0 ~61 8%
Mac mini · M2 Pro 16GB Q8_0 ~61 15%
Mac mini · M2 Pro 32GB Q8_0 ~61 8%
Mac mini · M6 16GB Q8_0 ~52 15%
Mac mini · M6 24GB Q8_0 ~52 10%
Mac mini · M6 32GB Q8_0 ~52 8%
MacBook Air · M5 16GB Q8_0 ~47 15%
MacBook Air · M5 24GB Q8_0 ~47 10%
MacBook Air · M5 32GB Q8_0 ~47 8%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 16GB Q8_0 ~47 15%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 24GB Q8_0 ~47 10%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 32GB Q8_0 ~47 8%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Pro 18GB Q8_0 ~46 13%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Pro 36GB Q8_0 ~46 7%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Pro 18GB Q8_0 ~46 13%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Pro 36GB Q8_0 ~46 7%
MacBook Air · M4 16GB Q8_0 ~37 15%
MacBook Air · M4 24GB Q8_0 ~37 10%
MacBook Air · M4 32GB Q8_0 ~37 8%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 16GB Q8_0 ~37 15%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 24GB Q8_0 ~37 10%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 32GB Q8_0 ~37 8%
Mac mini · M4 16GB Q8_0 ~37 15%
Mac mini · M4 24GB Q8_0 ~37 10%
Mac mini · M4 32GB Q8_0 ~37 8%
iMac · M4 16GB Q8_0 ~37 15%
iMac · M4 24GB Q8_0 ~37 10%
iMac · M4 32GB Q8_0 ~37 8%
MacBook Air · M2 8GB Q8_0 ~30 30%
MacBook Air · M2 16GB Q8_0 ~30 15%
MacBook Air · M2 24GB Q8_0 ~30 10%
MacBook Air · M3 8GB Q8_0 ~30 30%
MacBook Air · M3 16GB Q8_0 ~30 15%
MacBook Air · M3 24GB Q8_0 ~30 10%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 8GB Q8_0 ~30 30%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 16GB Q8_0 ~30 15%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 24GB Q8_0 ~30 10%
Mac mini · M2 8GB Q8_0 ~30 30%
Mac mini · M2 16GB Q8_0 ~30 15%
Mac mini · M2 24GB Q8_0 ~30 10%
iMac · M3 8GB Q8_0 ~30 30%
iMac · M3 16GB Q8_0 ~30 15%
iMac · M3 24GB Q8_0 ~30 10%
MacBook Air · M1 8GB Q8_0 ~21 30%
MacBook Air · M1 16GB Q8_0 ~21 15%
Mac mini · M1 8GB Q8_0 ~21 30%
Mac mini · M1 16GB Q8_0 ~21 15%
iMac · M1 8GB Q8_0 ~21 30%
iMac · M1 16GB Q8_0 ~21 15%

Models similar to Qwen3 1.7B Base

Closest matches by use case and parameter count.

Run Qwen3 1.7B Base locally on your Mac

ToolPiper downloads, manages, and runs models with one click. Apple Silicon optimized.

Get ToolPiper free