Will it run? / Qwen 110B / Mac mini M2 (16GB)

Can the Mac mini M2 (16GB) run Qwen 110B?

Won't fit No. Qwen 110B needs about 64.5 GB of memory, and the Mac mini M2 (16GB) can give a model about 10.7 GB. You'd need a machine with more memory, or a smaller model.

–estimated tokens/sec
64.5 GBmemory needed
10.7 GBavailable to the model
100 GB/smemory bandwidth

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the whole model from memory once: 63 GB. The Mac mini M2 (16GB) moves 100 GB/s, so the ceiling is 1.6 tokens/sec. Real machines reach a fraction of that ceiling; we use 80%, calibrated against a measured Mac run. Send us your real numbers and we'll replace the estimate.

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