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Home/gemma 3 27b it/on Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB

Can it run?

Can Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB run gemma 3 27b it?

CUsable

Runs well

Using Q4_K_M in Ollama

Capabilities:

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

33.8 tok/s

TTFT

5725 ms

Safe context

60K

Memory

49.5 GB / 184.3 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights16.5 GB
KV Cache4.2 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom27.6 GB

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
Agentic CodingCRuns well33.8 tok/s8328 ms110K
ChatCRuns well33.8 tok/s3123 ms31K
CodingCRuns well33.8 tok/s5725 ms60K
RAGCRuns well33.8 tok/s10410 ms110K
ReasoningCRuns well33.8 tok/s6766 ms60K

Quantization options

How gemma 3 27b it (27B params) fits at each quantization level on Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB (184.3 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
10.5 GB
LowD31
Q3_K_S
3
13.2 GB
LowD31
NVFP4
4
15.1 GB
MediumD31
Q4_K_M
4
16.5 GB
MediumD31
Q5_K_M
5
19.4 GB
HighD32
Q6_K
6
22.1 GB
HighD32
Q8_0
8
28.9 GB
Very HighD33
F16Best for your GPU
16
55.4 GB
MaximumD36

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Upgrade options

Hardware that runs gemma 3 27b it well

AMDAMD Instinct MI350X 288GBBudget pick
C354.6 tok/s decode

~$8,000 MSRP

AMDAMD Instinct MI300X 192GBBest value
C251 tok/s decode

~$15,000 MSRP

NVIDIAH100 NVL 188GBBiggest leap
C383.6 tok/s decode

 

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