Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B
fast help with code
How good is it?
Better for code than an 8B general model, and behind Qwen3.8 27B on the public chat board.
This job is not on the July 2026 chat board, so the line above comes from the model card.
A local coder is a strong pair programmer for contained tasks. The best cloud coding agents still pull ahead on large, messy projects.
Will it fit?
A green light means it fits and feels fine. Amber means it fits, with a wait or a tight memory pool. Red means the file is bigger than the room we count.
Small Mac
Won't fitMac mini M4 16 GB
It does not fit
Roomy Mac
Runs wellMac mini M4 32 GB
A comfortable chat
Around $1,099 · estimate
Source: Apple M4 Mac mini memory options, 14 Oct 2026
Big Mac
Runs wellMac mini M5 Pro 64 GB
Faster than you can read
Around $2,499 · estimate
Source: Apple Mac mini specs, 14 Oct 2026
Small graphics card
Won't fitRTX 4060 8 GB
It does not fit
Mid graphics card
Won't fitRTX 5070 Ti 16 GB
It does not fit
Big graphics card
Tight fitRTX 4090 24 GB
Faster than you can read
Around $2,900 all-in · estimate
Source: NVIDIA RTX 4090 specifications, 14 Oct 2026
Mini PC
Runs wellStrix Halo mini PC 64 GB
Faster than you can read
Around $2,199 · estimate
Source: Compute Market roundup, 14 Oct 2026
Official install guides
We link to the makers. We do not write our own install steps.
- Ollama's download page · Ollama · Mac, Windows, Linux
- LM Studio's app guide · LM Studio · Mac, Windows, Linux