QwQ 32B on Apple M2 · 16GB

❌ Won't fit — QwQ 32B @ Q4_K_M
QwQ 32B 32B at Q4_K_M needs ~21.4 GB (weights 18.5 GB + KV 2.0 GB + overhead 947 MB @ 8K ctx) — more than your 8.2 GB usable of 16.0 GB unified. Try a smaller model or a lower quant.
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✗ Q8_036.1 GB—
✗ Q5_K_M24.7 GB—
✗ Q4_K_M21.4 GB—

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

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

Best models for a Apple M2 · 16GB →

Architecturally similar

These share QwQ 32B's KV-cache geometry — they size memory the same way, so here's how they fit on a Apple M2 · 16GB too:

modelsharesverdict here
Qwen2.5-Coder 8kv/128hd ✅ Runs (tight)
Llama 3.2 8kv/128hd ✅ Runs comfortably
Llama 3.3 8kv/128hd ❌ Won't fit
Mistral 7B 8kv/128hd ✅ Runs (tight)
Mistral Small 3 8kv/128hd 🐢 CPU-only (slow)
Mistral Nemo 8kv/128hd 🐢 CPU-only (slow)
Codestral 8kv/128hd 🐢 CPU-only (slow)
Llama 3.2 Vision 8kv/128hd ✅ Runs (tight)

…and 7 more — see the QwQ 32B page.

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