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Qwen3 30B A3B

General model by Alibaba · 30.53B parameters · Released 2025-04-27

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

Tight Fit

Qwen3 30B A3B can run but will be tight at 84% of RAM. Consider a lower quantization or closing other apps.

— tok/s

Q4_K_M · 20.2 GB · Benchmark needed

Alternative: Q3_K_M (17.2 GB, ~107 tok/s)

Quantization Options

QuantizationMemorySpeedFits?
Q8_0 34.6 GB~49 tok/s✗
Q6_K 26.9 GB~64 tok/s✗
Q5_K_M 23.3 GB~75 tok/s✗
Q4_K_M Recommended 20.2 GB~88 tok/s✓
Q3_K_M 17.2 GB~107 tok/s✓
Q2_K 13.8 GB~138 tok/s✓

Specifications

Parameters30.5B
Architectureunknown
Context Length41K
CategoryGeneral
Capabilitiestool_use
Mixture of Experts 128 experts, 8 active
Formatgguf
Minimum RAM17.1 GB
Licenseapache-2.0
HuggingFace Downloads2,546,487

GGUF Sources

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Which Mac Can Run Qwen3 30B A3B?

Minimum Mac

MacBook Pro 14" — M5 Max 36GB

Q6_K · benchmark needed · 75% RAM

MacQuanttok/sRAM %
Mac Studio · M3 Ultra 96GB Q8_0 — 36%
Mac Studio · M3 Ultra 256GB Q8_0 — 13%
Mac Studio · M3 Ultra 512GB Q8_0 — 7%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 36GB Q6_K — 75%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 36GB Q6_K — 75%
Mac Studio · M1 Ultra 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
Mac Studio · M1 Ultra 128GB Q8_0 — 27%
Mac Studio · M2 Ultra 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
Mac Studio · M2 Ultra 128GB Q8_0 — 27%
Mac Studio · M2 Ultra 192GB Q8_0 — 18%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 36GB Q6_K — 75%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 36GB Q6_K — 75%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 36GB Q6_K — 75%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Max 128GB Q8_0 — 27%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Max 128GB Q8_0 — 27%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Max 128GB Q8_0 — 27%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Max 128GB Q8_0 — 27%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
Mac Studio · M4 Max 128GB Q8_0 — 27%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 36GB Q6_K — 75%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 36GB Q6_K — 75%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Max 96GB Q8_0 — 36%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 96GB Q8_0 — 36%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Max 128GB Q8_0 — 27%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Max 96GB Q8_0 — 36%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 96GB Q8_0 — 36%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Max 128GB Q8_0 — 27%
Mac Studio · M1 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
Mac Studio · M2 Max 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
Mac Studio · M2 Max 96GB Q8_0 — 36%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Pro 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Pro 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Pro 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Pro 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Pro 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Pro 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
Mac mini · M4 Pro 48GB Q8_0 — 72%
Mac mini · M4 Pro 64GB Q8_0 — 54%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Pro 36GB Q6_K — 75%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Pro 36GB Q6_K — 75%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 Pro 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Pro 16" · M5 Pro 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Max 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Max 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Max 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Max 32GB Q6_K — 84%
Mac Studio · M1 Max 32GB Q6_K — 84%
Mac Studio · M2 Max 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 Pro 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Pro 16" · M4 Pro 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
Mac mini · M4 Pro 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 Pro 18GB Q2_K — 77%
MacBook Pro 16" · M3 Pro 18GB Q2_K — 77%
MacBook Air · M5 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Pro 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Pro 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Pro 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Pro 32GB Q6_K — 84%
Mac mini · M2 Pro 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Air · M4 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
Mac mini · M4 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
iMac · M4 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Air · M5 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Air · M2 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Air · M3 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
Mac mini · M2 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
iMac · M3 24GB Q4_K_M — 84%
MacBook Air · M4 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 32GB Q6_K — 84%
Mac mini · M4 32GB Q6_K — 84%
iMac · M4 32GB Q6_K — 84%
MacBook Pro 14" · M1 Pro 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Pro 14" · M2 Pro 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Pro 16" · M1 Pro 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Pro 16" · M2 Pro 16GB — — 86%
Mac mini · M2 Pro 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Air · M5 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Pro 14" · M5 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Air · M4 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Pro 14" · M4 16GB — — 86%
Mac mini · M4 16GB — — 86%
iMac · M4 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Air · M2 8GB — — 172%
MacBook Air · M2 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Air · M3 8GB — — 172%
MacBook Air · M3 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 8GB — — 172%
MacBook Pro 14" · M3 16GB — — 86%
Mac mini · M2 8GB — — 172%
Mac mini · M2 16GB — — 86%
iMac · M3 8GB — — 172%
iMac · M3 16GB — — 86%
MacBook Air · M1 8GB — — 172%
MacBook Air · M1 16GB — — 86%
Mac mini · M1 8GB — — 172%
Mac mini · M1 16GB — — 86%
iMac · M1 8GB — — 172%
iMac · M1 16GB — — 86%

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