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Can qwen 3.8 27B run on m1 pro 32gb ram?

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I have m1 pro 2021 14 inch macbook pro, with 32gb unified memory, and 512gb ssd. My question is, is it worth it to download and run qwen 3.8 27B on my macbook? And will it be slow or no? My plan is to use the mlx version 4 bit with also 4 bit quantized kv cache and context window set to 64k/128k if…

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