Qwen 3.6/3.8 27B is a 27.78B-parameter model. At Q4_K_M it needs about 17.6 GB of memory. The MacBook Pro M5 Pro 48GB has 36 GB usable, so it fits entirely in memory. Expect about 9.5 tokens/sec (5.5–13), with the first token after 0.5 s for a short prompt. This estimate is interpolated from benchmarks of similar setups.
| Quantization | File size | Memory | Generation | First token | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 16.8 GB | Fits | 9.5 tok/s | 0.5 s | Derived |
| Q8_0 | 28.6 GB | Fits | 5.6 tok/s | 0.5 s | Derived |
| FP16 | 53.8 GB | Doesn't fit | Won't run | — | — |
All models on the MacBook Pro M5 Pro 48GB · Qwen 3.6/3.8 27B on all hardware
Estimates for a short prompt on a single device. Measured numbers come from community benchmarks (r/LocalLLaMA, localscore.ai and more); others are derived from similar setups or projected from specs. Open source on GitHub.