Models /Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking /Can I run it?

Compatibility check

Can I run Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking on Apple M1 (8-core GPU)?

Yes — it runs.best quant:

Decode speed

9 tok/sest

Usable context

33K

Memory

16 GB

Fits in memory9 tok/sest · 33K ctx

Fits in memory8 tok/sest · 16K ctx

Fits in memoryest5 tok/sest · 4K ctx

What is quantisation? →

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking

8.8B · full specs & benchmarks →

Apple M1 (8-core GPU)

16 GB · everything it runs →