Apple M4 Pro meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M4 Pro can run Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 21 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 49GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 15GB | 64GB | 21.41 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 31GB | 64GB | 13.02 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 61GB | 64GB | 6.92 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |