# Can I run Bark on Apple M1 (8GB)?

Updated: 2026-06-15

**Yes, but tight.** Fits at fp32 (~5 GB of ~5.5 GB usable) but with little headroom; close other apps.

- Model: 900M Text to speech (and sound effects), peak ~5 GB memory at fp32
- Device: 8 GB unified, ~5.5 GB usable
- Tools: HF Transformers, suno-ai/bark, BetterTransformer
- License: MIT (commercial use: yes)

Sources: https://huggingface.co/suno/bark, https://huggingface.co/blog/optimizing-bark, https://github.com/suno-ai/bark.

More: https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/bark/apple-m1-8gb