Can I run it?

Can I run Qwen3.6 27B on Apple M4 Pro?

Tight fit

Tight fit fully in unified memory on your Apple M4 Pro at UD-Q4_K_XL, 8K context, about 8.3–11 tok/s. Weights 16.4 GB plus 0.57 GB of KV cache — 17.4 GB of 18.0 GB usable.

Best quantUD-Q4_K_XL

Working context8K

Max that fits8K

Speed8.3–11 tok/s

Weights16.4 GB

KV cache0.57 GB

Total17.4 GB

Usable18.0 GB

Qwen3.6 27B details · Apple M4 Pro page · How this estimate is made

Run commands

llama.cpp

llama-server -hf unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL -c 8192 -ngl 64

Ollama

ollama run qwen3.6

LM Studio

lms get unsloth/Qwen3.6-27B-GGUF
# Then load quant UD-Q4_K_XL

Assumptions

Estimate, not a benchmark. Decode speed uses a memory-bandwidth model at 55–75% of peak.
KV cache is FP16. Engine overhead assumes llama.cpp (0.3 GB + 1% of the weights). Ollama is closer to 0.9 GB + 3%, LM Studio closer to 1 GB + 3%.
UD-Q4_K_XL size is the real GGUF file size from Hugging Face.
Unified memory uses 75% for the GPU by default, and always leaves about 5 GB for the OS.
Speed is quoted at 8K context, not at the maximum context that still fits.

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Updated 2026-10-24. Profile on this page is the device default.