Can I run Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct on Apple M3 (10-core GPU)?

Q: Can I run Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct on Apple M3 (10-core GPU)?

Partially. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct needs CPU offload on Apple M3 (10-core GPU) (24 GB) — expect reduced speed.

Partially — with CPU offload.best quant:

19.6 GB of weights, plus 2 GB for the software that runs it and the smallest conversation it can hold, comes to 21.6 GB against the 18 GB this 24 GB device leaves free.

Decode speed

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Usable context

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Memory

24 GB

Spills to system RAM

Spills to system RAMest

Too large

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Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

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Apple M3 (10-core GPU)

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