Can I Run GPT-OSS on Apple M3?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 15 sierpnia 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~13.4 GB of headroom running GPT-OSS 20B at MXFP4 (10.625 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)).

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Apple MacBook Air M3
24 GB VRAM · 22 W board power
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Apple M3 Specs

VRAM24 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth100 GB/s

GPT-OSS 20B on the Apple M3: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 24 GB?Max context
F1641 GB✗ No
Q8_022.3 GB✓ Yes32K
Q6_K17.4 GB✓ Yes128K
Q5_K_M15.2 GB✓ Yes128K
Q4_K_M13.1 GB✓ Yes128K
Q3_K_M9.5 GB✓ Yes128K
Q2_K7.6 GB✓ Yes128K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 24 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

GPT-OSS Sizes That Fit the Apple M3

GPT-OSS 20BMXFP4 · 10.625 GB · ~5 tok/s (est.)
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Apple M3 · MSRP
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RTX 4090 (24 GB) class

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FAQ

Can I run GPT-OSS on the Apple M3?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~13.4 GB of headroom running GPT-OSS 20B at MXFP4 (10.625 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)).

What's the best GPT-OSS size for the Apple M3?

GPT-OSS 20B at MXFP4 quantization (10.625 GB), estimated ~5 tokens/sec.

Every GPT-OSS size on the Apple M3

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
GPT-oss 120B72.5 GBDoes not fit
GPT-OSS 20B10.6 GBRuns~5 tok/s

GPT-OSS on Other GPUs

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