Mac 32GB+

We count about 32 GB memory. A model is listed when its smallest file asks for no more than 24 GB.

Models that fit on a Mac 32GB+

98% of ChatGPT level
Gemma 4 31B
writes text
WritingChatArchiveTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
20 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
97% of ChatGPT level
Qwen3.8 27B
writes, codes, and translates
WritingChatArchiveCodeTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
18 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
97% of ChatGPT level
Gemma 4 26B A4B
writes text, and quicker than it looks
WritingChatArchiveTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Home server
16 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
95% of ChatGPT level
Qwen3.5 27B
strong at writing, code, and other languages
WritingChatArchiveCodeTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
18 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
94% of ChatGPT level
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
fast chat and code, because only a slice wakes up
WritingChatCode
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
20.4 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
92% of ChatGPT level
Gemma 3 27B
a strong writer, a step behind Gemma 4
WritingChatArchive
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
17 GB · Free to download · License: Gemma Terms of Use
Not on the chat board
Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B
fast help with code
Code
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
19 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
91% of ChatGPT level
Gemma 3 12B
writes text on a 16 GB machine
WritingChatArchiveTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 16GB
8.2 GB · Free to download · License: Gemma Terms of Use
Not on the chat board
DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B
talks through the steps before it answers
WritingChatCode
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
20 GB · Free to download · License: MIT
Not on the chat board
Qwen3 8B
a quick chatbot that fits smaller computers
WritingChatArchiveCodeTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
5.2 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
89% of ChatGPT level
Gemma 3n E4B
pleasant everyday notes on a laptop
WritingChat
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
5 GB · Free to download · License: Gemma Terms of Use
89% of ChatGPT level
gpt-oss 20B
a solid helper for chat and code
WritingChatCode
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Home server
14 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
88% of ChatGPT level
Gemma 3 4B
writes text, and it can look at a photo
WritingChatTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Mini PC 64GB
3.4 GB · Free to download · License: Gemma Terms of Use
86% of ChatGPT level
Qwen2.5-Coder 32B
a well-known local coding helper
Code
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
20 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
86% of ChatGPT level
Aya Expanse 32B
a multilingual writer
WritingChatTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
20 GB · Free to download · License: CC-BY-NC 4.0
85% of ChatGPT level
Phi-4 14B
careful answers, strong for its size
WritingChatCode
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 16GB
9.1 GB · Free to download · License: MIT
Not on the chat board
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B
helps with short bits of code
Code
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
4.7 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
83% of ChatGPT level
Aya Expanse 8B
writes and translates across languages
WritingChatTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
5 GB · Free to download · License: CC-BY-NC 4.0
Not on the chat board
NLLB-200 1.3B
translates many languages
Translate
Runs in:
- LibreTranslate
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
2.5 GB · Free to download · License: CC-BY-NC 4.0
79% of ChatGPT level
Llama 3.2 3B
short rewrites on a tiny computer
WritingChat
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
2 GB · Free to download · License: Llama 3.2 Community License
Not on the chat board
Transcription: 93% of Rev.ai
Whisper large-v3
turns speech into text, in the larger file
Transcript
Runs in:
- MacWhisper
- whisper.cpp
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Mini PC 64GB
3.1 GB · Free to download · License: MIT
Not on the chat board
FLUX.2 Dev
a large model for still pictures
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Draw Things
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 32GB+
19 GB · Free to download · License: Non-commercial
Not on the chat board
Transcription: 99% of Rev.ai
Whisper large-v3 turbo
turns recordings into text, with less waiting
Transcript
Runs in:
- MacWhisper
- whisper.cpp
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
1.6 GB · Free to download · License: MIT
Not on the chat board
Chatterbox
reads text aloud with more expression
Voice
Runs in:
- Chatterbox
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
2 GB · Free to download · License: MIT
Not on the chat board
FLUX.1 Dev
makes pictures that follow the prompt
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Draw Things
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Mac 16GB
12 GB · Free to download · License: Non-commercial FLUX.1 Dev license
Not on the chat board
olmOCR 2 7B
reads text from scans (OCR), including tables
Scan
Runs in:
- LM Studio
- olmOCR
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
5.5 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
Not on the chat board
Kokoro 82M
reads text aloud in a warm voice
Voice
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Kokoro
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.3 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
Not on the chat board
Distil-Whisper large-v3
turns speech into text, in a smaller file
Transcript
Runs in:
- MacWhisper
- whisper.cpp
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
1.5 GB · Free to download · License: MIT
Not on the chat board
Qwen2.5-VL 7B
reads text from scans (OCR) and answers about the picture
Scan
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
6 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
Not on the chat board
FLUX.2 Klein 4B
makes sharper pictures in a smaller file
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Draw Things
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Home server
8 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
Not on the chat board
FLUX.1 Schnell
makes pictures quickly
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Draw Things
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
8 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
Not on the chat board
Wan 2.1 1.3B
makes a short, rough video clip
Video
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
8 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
Not on the chat board
Transcription: 97% of Rev.ai
Whisper small
turns speech into text, almost anywhere
Transcript
Runs in:
- MacWhisper
- whisper.cpp
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.5 GB · Free to download · License: MIT
Not on the chat board
Stable Diffusion XL
makes pictures on small computers
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Draw Things
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
7 GB · Free to download · License: OpenRAIL++
Not on the chat board
OCR: 107% of ABBYY FineReader
PaddleOCR
reads text from scans (OCR), including tilted photos
Scan
Runs in:
- PaddleOCR
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.2 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
Not on the chat board
Hermes 3 8B
A Nous Research fine-tune of Llama 3.1 8B
WritingChat
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC 64GB
- Laptop 16GB
4.7 GB · Free to download · License: Llama 3.1 Community License
Not on the chat board
Piper (English)
reads text aloud in a plain voice
Voice
Runs in:
- Piper
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.1 GB · Free to download · License: GPL-3.0
Not on the chat board
OCR: 84% of ABBYY FineReader
Tesseract
reads text from scans (OCR)
Scan
Runs in:
- Tesseract
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
Not on the chat board
Real-ESRGAN
enlarges a picture you already have
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.3 GB · Free to download · License: BSD 3-Clause
Not on the chat board
bge-m3
archives and searches your documents
Archive
Runs in:
- AnythingLLM
- Open WebUI
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
1.2 GB · Free to download · License: MIT
Not on the chat board
nomic-embed-text
searches English documents
Archive
Runs in:
- AnythingLLM
- Ollama
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.3 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0