Will it run? / Qwen3.5 9B

Can I run Qwen3.5 9B on a Mac or mini PC?

Qwen3.5 9B needs about 8.1 GB of memory. It fits on 15 of the 15 machines we track. The cheapest current machine that runs it at a comfortable 10+ tokens/sec is the Mac mini M6 (16GB) ($899).

6.6 GBdownload (Q4_K_M)
~8.1 GBmemory needed
15/15machines it fits on
ollama run qwen3.5:9b
MachineMemoryFits?Tokens/secFrom
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (96GB) 96 GBYes120+
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Mac Studio M5 Ultra (256GB) 256 GBYes120+
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Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU, 64GB) 64 GBYes74
$3,799Check price →
Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) 24 GBYes37
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Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) 64 GBYes37
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Mac mini M4 Pro (64GB) older 64 GBYes33
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NVIDIA DGX Spark (128GB) 128 GBYes29
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Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC (128GB) 128 GBYes27
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Mac mini M6 (16GB) 16 GBYes21
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Mac mini M6 (32GB) 32 GBYes21
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Mac mini M4 (16GB) older 16 GBYes15
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Mac mini M2 (16GB) older 16 GBYes12
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Beelink SER7 (Ryzen 7 7840HS, 32GB) 32 GBYes8.1
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Minisforum UM790 Pro (Ryzen 9 7940HS, 32GB) 32 GBYes8.1
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GEEKOM A6 (Ryzen 7 6800H, 32GB) 32 GBYes7.0
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Around 10 tokens/sec reads comfortably; under 5 feels slow. How we estimate.

Other qwen3.5 sizes

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