Can I Run Qwen3-Coder on Apple M3 Ultra?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~222.2 GB of headroom running Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE) at Q4_K_M (289.8 GB, ~20 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 256K context.

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Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra
512 GB VRAM · 60 W board power
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Apple M3 Ultra Specs

VRAM512 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth819 GB/s

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE) on the Apple M3 Ultra: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 512 GB?Max context
F16961.3 GB✗ No
Q8_0511.3 GB✓ Yes8K
Q6_K394.9 GB✓ Yes256K
Q5_K_M341.5 GB✓ Yes256K
Q4_K_M291.1 GB✓ Yes256K
Q3_K_M205.9 GB✓ Yes256K
Q2_K159.1 GB✓ Yes256K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 512 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Qwen3-Coder Sizes That Fit the Apple M3 Ultra

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE)Q4_K_M · 289.8 GB · ~20 tok/s (est.)
Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE)Q4_K_M · 48.3 GB · ~102 tok/s (est.)
Qwen3-Coder 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~67 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the Apple M3 Ultra enough to run Qwen3-Coder locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~222.2 GB of headroom running Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE) at Q4_K_M (289.8 GB, ~20 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 256K context.

What's the best Qwen3-Coder size for the Apple M3 Ultra?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE) at Q4_K_M quantization (289.8 GB), estimated ~20 tokens/sec, up to 256K context.

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