Can MacBook Air M1 8 GB run GLM-4.6V-Flash (10B)?
8 GB unified · 68 GB/s memory bandwidth · GLM-4.6V-Flash (10B) has 10.3B parameters.
Short answer
No. It doesn't fit in memory.
Needs ≈5.5 GB but only ≈0.5 GB is available after the OS, other apps and Open WebUI.
Why it doesn’t fit
Even its smallest practical version (3-bit) needs about 5.5 GB for the model, its context memory and the runtime. After macOS (≈3.5 GB), a browser with a few tabs (≈3.0 GB) and Open WebUI (≈1.0 GB), MacBook Air M1 8 GB has about 0.5 GB left, so it’s 5.0 GB short.
Ways to make it work
Close everything else
Not enough on its own: with every other app closed it’s still about 2.0 GB short.
Pick a smaller model from the same family
No smaller GLM model in our catalog runs well here. See the other models below.
Get more memory
The same chip with 16 GB handles it: Acceptable.
Check your exact setup
These pages assume typical settings. A shorter context or a lighter chat app can change the answer.
Check MacBook Air M1 8 GB
The same applies to every workload we rate (chat, coding questions, coding in a repository, agentic coding and long documents): they all need at least as much memory as chat.
Other models for MacBook Air M1 8 GB
The best-rated models for chat on this machine.
Nothing runs well next to other apps on this machine. With everything else closed, try MiniCPM5 2B, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct or Qwen3.5 4B; expect it to feel tight.
Everything MacBook Air M1 8 GB can runCheapest machines for GLM-4.6V-Flash (10B)
Hardware rated comfortable or better for chat, lowest price first.
- Mac mini M4 16 GB$599 · 13–17 tok/sComfortable
- Mac mini M6 16 GB$899 · 14–25 tok/sComfortable
- Mac mini M4 24 GB$999 · 13–17 tok/sComfortable
- MacBook Air M4 16 GB$999 · 13–17 tok/sComfortable
- Mac mini M2 16 GB$999 · 11–15 tok/sComfortable
- MacBook Air M5 16 GB$1,099 · 13–20 tok/sComfortable
Same chip, other memory: 16 GB
Different tool, context size or workload?
These pages use typical settings. The full check models your exact setup.