Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored needs ~46.2 GB VRAM. MacBook Pro M4 Max 96GB has 69.1 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~21 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
20.5 tok/s
TTFT
9438 ms
Safe context
81K
Memory
46.2 GB / 69.1 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 | 20.5 tok/s | 5148 ms | 81K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 20.5 tok/s | 9438 ms | 81K |
| Agentic Coding | C | Runs well | 20.5 tok/s | 13729 ms | 81K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 20.5 tok/s | 11154 ms | 81K |
| RAG | C | Runs well | 20.5 tok/s | 17161 ms | 81K |
How Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored (48B params) fits at each quantization level on MacBook Pro M4 Max 96GB (69.1 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 18.7 GB | Low | C43 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 23.5 GB | Low | C44 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 26.9 GB | Medium | C44 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 29.3 GB | Medium | C45 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 34.6 GB | High | C47 |
Q6_K | 6 | 39.4 GB | High | C48 |
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 startOpções de upgrade
NVIDIA H20 96GBOpção econômicaRaises estimated decode speed by about 440%.
Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
~$12,000 MSRP
NVIDIA A100 80GBMelhor custo-benefícioRaises estimated decode speed by about 185%.
~$15,000 MSRP
Yes, MacBook Pro M4 Max 96GB can run Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 20.5 tok/s.
Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored (48B parameters) requires approximately 46.2 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 M4 Max 96GB, Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored achieves approximately 20.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 9438ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored on MacBook Pro M4 Max 96GB receives a C grade with 20.5 tok/s and 81K context.
On MacBook Pro M4 Max 96GB, Qwen3 48B A4B Savant Commander Distill 12X Closed Open Heretic Uncensored can safely use up to 81K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
Not always. MacBook Pro M4 Max 96GB 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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