Apple M3 Ultra (80-core GPU, 512GB) × Qwen3 235B-A22B (MoE)
Can the Apple M3 Ultra (80-core GPU, 512GB) run Qwen3 235B-A22B (MoE)?
Yes, usable
Yes. The Apple M3 Ultra (80-core GPU, 512GB) can run Qwen3 235B-A22B (MoE) at up to Q8_0 (needs ~260 GB of 384 GB usable), at an estimated ~14.6 tokens/sec at Q4_K_M.
Speed is estimated from memory bandwidth calibrated with a measured 92.14 tok/s Llama 2 7B Q4_0 result (source). No direct public benchmark of this exact pair is recorded yet.
By quantization (8K context)
| Quant | Memory needed | Fits? | Est. tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3_K_M | 120 GB | ✅ | ~18.0 |
| Q4_K_M | 149 GB | ✅ | ~14.6 |
| Q5_K_M | 175 GB | ✅ | ~12.5 |
| Q6_K | 202 GB | ✅ | ~10.8 |
| Q8_0 | 260 GB | ✅ | ~8.4 |
| F16 | 486 GB | ❌ | — |
Fastest hardware for Qwen3 235B-A22B (MoE)
- Apple M2 Ultra (76-core GPU, 192GB) — ~18.4 tok/s at Q3_K_M
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