Will it run? / Qwen3.5 122B (A10B) / Mac mini M6 (16GB)

Can the Mac mini M6 (16GB) run Qwen3.5 122B (A10B)?

Won't fit No. Qwen3.5 122B (A10B) needs about 82.5 GB of memory, and the Mac mini M6 (16GB) can give a model about 10.7 GB. You'd need a machine with more memory, or a smaller model.

–estimated tokens/sec
82.5 GBmemory needed
10.7 GBavailable to the model
170 GB/smemory bandwidth

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the active part of the model from memory once: 6.6 GB. The Mac mini M6 (16GB) moves 170 GB/s, so the ceiling is 26 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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