Apple M4 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507-FP8. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M4 Max can run Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507-FP8 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 38 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 113GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 15GB | 128GB | 37.64 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 31GB | 128GB | 30.37 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 61GB | 128GB | 15.97 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |