Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored needs ~49.6 GB VRAM. MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB has 92.2 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~8 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
8.2 tok/s
TTFT
23619 ms
Safe context
137K
Memory
49.6 GB / 92.2 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
Shared-memory contention still exists
The OS, browser, and inference runtime all compete for the same physical memory pool, so real-world headroom is less forgiving than raw capacity suggests.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | C | Runs well | 8.2 tok/s | 12883 ms | 137K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 8.2 tok/s | 23619 ms | 137K |
| Agentic Coding | C | Runs well | 8.2 tok/s | 34355 ms | 137K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 8.2 tok/s | 27914 ms | 137K |
| RAG | C | Runs well | 8.2 tok/s | 42944 ms | 137K |
How Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored (48B params) fits at each quantization level on MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB (92.2 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 18.7 GB | Low | C41 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 23.5 GB | Low | C41 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 26.9 GB | Medium | C42 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 29.3 GB | Medium | C43 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 34.6 GB | High | C44 |
Q6_K | 6 | 39.4 GB | High | C45 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 51.4 GB | Very High | C48 |
F16 | 16 | 98.4 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-davidau--qwen3-48b-a4b-savant-commander-distill-12x-closed-open-heretic-uncensored-gguf && lms server startアップグレードオプション
Raises estimated decode speed by about 2333%.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
〜$8,000 MSRP
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GBコスパ最良Raises estimated decode speed by about 527%.
〜$9,999 MSRP
Yes, MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB can run Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 8.2 tok/s.
Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored (48B parameters) requires approximately 49.6 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB, Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored achieves approximately 8.2 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 23619ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored on MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB receives a C grade with 8.2 tok/s and 137K context.
On MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB, Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored can safely use up to 137K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
Not always. MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB can often fit larger models thanks to unified memory, but a discrete GPU with dedicated high-bandwidth VRAM may still decode faster once the model fits. For this combination, the important distinction is capacity versus sustained throughput.
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