Can I run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B?

codingagents · sizes: 30B-A3B (MoE)

What runs it

machinebest fitverdictspeed
Apple M1 · 8GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ❌ Won't fit
Apple M1 Pro · 16GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ❌ Won't fit
Apple M2 · 16GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ❌ Won't fit
Apple M3 Pro · 18GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ❌ Won't fit
Apple M2 Pro · 32GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q6_K 🐢 CPU-only (slow) 4–6 tok/s
Apple M4 Pro · 48GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q8_0 ✅ Runs (tight) 30–55 tok/s
Apple M3 Max · 36GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 65–110 tok/s
Apple M2 Max · 64GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 45–70 tok/s
Apple M4 Max · 128GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 55–90 tok/s
Apple M2 Ultra · 192GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 60–95 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 12GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q6_K 🐢 CPU-only (slow)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · 12GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q6_K 🐢 CPU-only (slow)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 · 24GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 150–250 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 · 16GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ⚠️ Partial GPU offload 45–75 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · 32GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q6_K ✅ Runs (tight) 210–350 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX · 24GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 130–220 tok/s

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Architectural kin

8 models share Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B's KV-cache geometry — they size memory the same way, so a rig that fits one tends to fit its same-size kin.

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