Can I Run Qwen3-Coder 8B on Apple M3 Ultra?

Name: LLM Configurator — GPU VRAM Checker
Author: LLM Configurator

作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2026年8月15日

Yes. Qwen3-Coder 8B needs 4.8 GB at Q4_K_M and the Apple M3 Ultra has 512 GB, leaving about 507.2 GB of headroom, at roughly 67 tok/s (estimated) with room for up to 128K of context.

The numbers

Model	Qwen3-Coder 8B
Parameters	8B
Quantization	Q4_K_M
VRAM needed	4.8 GB
Apple M3 Ultra VRAM	512 GB
Verdict	Runs
Max context	128K
Estimated speed	~67 tok/s

What to do next

Nothing to change — run it at Q4_K_M. If you want more capability, check whether the next size up also fits.

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Running Qwen3-Coder 8B on this card:

Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra

512 GB VRAM · 60 W board power

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Buy the GPU

~$3,999

Apple M3 Ultra · MSRP

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from $0.34/hr

RTX 4090 (24 GB) class

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Other Qwen3-Coder sizes on the Apple M3 Ultra

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B (MoE) — runs (289.8 GB)
Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) — runs (48.3 GB)

Qwen3-Coder 8B on nearby hardware

NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96 GB) — runs

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