Command R on Apple M1 Pro · 16GB

❌ Won't fit — Command R 35B @ Q3_K_M
Command R 35B at Q3_K_M needs ~26.7 GB (weights 15.9 GB + KV 10.0 GB + overhead 815 MB @ 8K ctx) — more than your 8.2 GB usable of 16.0 GB unified. Try a smaller model or a lower quant.
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✗ Q8_046.3 GB—
✗ Q5_K_M34.3 GB—
✗ Q4_K_M30.7 GB—
✗ Q3_K_M26.7 GB—

Won't fit here — what hardware runs Command R? →

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Command R: Won't fit
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Same model, other machines: Apple M1 · Apple M2 · Apple M3 Pro · Apple M2 Pro · Apple M4 Pro · Apple M3 Max

Also runs on a Apple M1 Pro: DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Qwen3 · Llama 3.1 · Qwen2.5 · Mistral 7B

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