Can I Run Qwen 3 on Apple M1?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 10 lipca 2026

Yes — the Qwen 3 family runs on the Apple M1.

Apple M1 Specs

VRAM	16 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth	68 GB/s

Qwen 3 Variants That Fit

Qwen 3 14B	Q4_K_M · 9.5 GB · ~7 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE)	Q4_K_M · 8 GB · ~85 tok/s (est.)
Qwen 3 8B	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · ~12 tok/s (est.)

FAQ

Can I run Qwen 3 on the Apple M1?

Yes — the Qwen 3 family runs on the Apple M1.

Which Qwen 3 variant fits best on the Apple M1?

Qwen 3 14B at Q4_K_M quantization (9.5 GB), estimated ~7 tokens/sec.

Qwen 3 on Other GPUs

• Qwen 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
• Qwen 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
• Qwen 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
• Qwen 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super
• Qwen 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Popular Models on the Apple M1

• DeepSeek R1 on Apple M1
• Qwen 2.5 Family on Apple M1

VRAM Tier

• Best LLMs for 16 GB VRAM

Troubleshooting

• Which GGUF quant should I download? (Q4 vs Q5 vs Q8)

Buying Guide

• Best GPU Buyer Guide 2026

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