Command R on Apple M2 Pro · 32GB

🐢 CPU-only (slow) — Command R 35B @ Q3_K_M
Command R 35B at Q3_K_M needs ~26.7 GB (weights 15.9 GB + KV 10.0 GB + overhead 815 MB @ 8K ctx) of your 18.4 GB usable (of 32.0 GB unified memory) — runs on CPU only. Expect ~0.5–0.8 tok/s (slow).
context @ Q3_K_M: runs to 8K · won't fit past that on this rig
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✗ Q8_046.3 GB—
✗ Q5_K_M34.3 GB—
✗ Q4_K_M30.7 GB—
~ Q3_K_M26.7 GB~0.5–0.8 tok/s (slow)
$runlocal install command-r:35b
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Command R: CPU-only (slow)
for your own README — links back here

Same model, other machines: Apple M1 · Apple M1 Pro · Apple M2 · Apple M3 Pro · Apple M4 Pro · Apple M3 Max

Also runs on a Apple M2 Pro: DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Mistral Small 3 · Qwen3 · Llama 3.1 · Qwen2.5

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