# Can I run Qwen3 30B-A3B on Apple M4 Pro (48GB)?

Updated: 2026-06-15

**Yes, it runs.** Runs at Q4_K_M using ~20.7 GB of ~32 GB usable.

- Model: 30.5B (MoE, 3.3B active), Q4_K_M 18.6 GB
- Device: 48 GB unified, ~32 GB usable for weights
- Needs ~20.7 GB at Q4_K_M; recommended quant: Q4_K_M
- Best tool on macOS: LM Studio
- Command: `ollama run qwen3:30b-a3b`

Estimate. Method: weights + KV cache + ~0.8GB overhead. Sources: https://ollama.com/library/qwen3/tags, https://huggingface.co/unsloth/Qwen3-30B-A3B-GGUF, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-GGUF, https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen3/, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard.

More: https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen3-30b-a3b/apple-m4-pro-48gb