Can I run Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct on Apple M3 (10-core GPU)?

Q: Can I run Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct on Apple M3 (10-core GPU)?

Partially. Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct needs CPU offload on Apple M3 (10-core GPU) (24 GB) — expect reduced speed.

Partially — with CPU offload.best quant:

21.1 GB of weights, plus 2.4 GB for the software that runs it and the smallest conversation it can hold, comes to 23.5 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

Too largeest

Too large

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Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

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Apple M3 (10-core GPU)

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