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Can the Apple M4 Pro (48 GB) run Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B Thinking?

87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 32.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 14.9/15

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q4_K_M it needs about 23.2 GB of 36.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 43.7 tok/s.

Best quant
Q4_K_M
Generation speed
43.7 tok/s
Prompt processing
1,728 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
0.6 s
Largest safe context
134K

Download Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B Thinking

Recommended for the Apple M4 Pro (48 GB): Q4_K_M. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

ollama run qwen3-vl:30b-a3b-thinking-q4_K_M

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q4_K_M file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Alibaba, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 5 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How the S grade is scored

Every result gets up to 100 points from four parts. The points decide the letter grade.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.32.5 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU or unified memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.25.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.15.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.14.9 / 15
Total87.4 / 10087 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 32.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 14.9/15

Grade scale: S 85+ · A 72+ · B 58+ · C 42+ · D 25+ · F under 25 points.

Every quantization on the Apple M4 Pro (48 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Fit Grade · points Download
Q2_K 16.7 GB 36.0 GB 71.8 tok/s Runs well 74 ptsGreat (A) · 74 of 100 points: Model quality 23.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 10.7/15 GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 19.5 GB 36.0 GB 56.5 tok/s Runs well 81 ptsGreat (A) · 81 of 100 points: Model quality 28.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 12.5/15 GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 23.2 GB 36.0 GB 43.7 tok/s Runs well 87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 32.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 14.9/15 GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 26.3 GB 36.0 GB 36.1 tok/s Runs well 87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 33.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 14.3/15, Memory use 15.0/15 GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 29.8 GB 36.0 GB 30.3 tok/s Runs well 86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 33.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 13.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15 GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 37.2 GB 36.0 GB 18.9 tok/s Runs with offload 69 ptsGood (B) · 69 of 100 points: Model quality 34.2/45, Memory fit 10.0/25, Speed 10.3/15, Memory use 15.0/15 GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 66.4 GB 36.0 GB — Won't run 10 ptsWon't run (F) · 10 of 100 points: Model quality 10.3/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15 GGUF · part 1 of 2 (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.