Lmstudio Community Qwen3 Coder 30B A3b Instruct Mlx 4bit speed on Apple M3 Pro and quantization-level VRAM fit.
Apple M3 Pro meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Lmstudio Community Qwen3 Coder 30B A3b Instruct Mlx 4bit. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M3 Pro can run Lmstudio Community Qwen3 Coder 30B A3b Instruct Mlx 4bit with Q4 quantization. At approximately 24 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 21GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 15GB | 36GB | 24.17 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 30GB | 36GB | 16.92 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 60GB | 36GB | 9.18 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |
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Apple M3 Pro can run Lmstudio Community Qwen3 Coder 30B A3b Instruct Mlx 4bit at Q4 with an estimated 24 tok/s.
Q4 inference is estimated to need about 15GB VRAM on this page, while Apple M3 Pro has 36GB available.
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