Can I Run Qwen3.8 on Apple M2 Ultra?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 11 września 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~83.3 GB of headroom running Qwen3.8-Flash-Next at Q4_K_M (108.675 GB, ~67 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 128K context.

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Apple M2 Ultra Specs

VRAM192 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth800 GB/s

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on the Apple M2 Ultra: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 192 GB?Max context
F16362.4 GB✗ No
Q8_0193.7 GB✗ No
Q6_K150 GB✓ Yes64K
Q5_K_M130 GB✓ Yes128K
Q4_K_M111.1 GB✓ Yes128K
Q3_K_M79.2 GB✓ Yes256K
Q2_K61.6 GB✓ Yes256K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 192 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Qwen3.8 Sizes That Fit the Apple M2 Ultra

Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQ4_K_M · 108.675 GB · ~67 tok/s (est.)
Qwen3.8 27BQ4_K_M · 16.772175 GB · ~23 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the Apple M2 Ultra enough to run Qwen3.8 locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~83.3 GB of headroom running Qwen3.8-Flash-Next at Q4_K_M (108.675 GB, ~67 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 128K context.

What's the best Qwen3.8 size for the Apple M2 Ultra?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next at Q4_K_M quantization (108.675 GB), estimated ~67 tokens/sec, up to 128K context.

Every Qwen3.8 size on the Apple M2 Ultra

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Qwen3.8-Max1449.0 GBDoes not fit
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next108.7 GBRuns~67 tok/s
Qwen3.8 27B16.8 GBRuns~23 tok/s

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