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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: VRAM needs and speed by GPU
At UD-Q4_K_M, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B needs about 23.8 GB of VRAM. No measured runs yet. Speeds below are estimates. Submit a run.
34.66B parameters (mixture-of-experts, ~3.0B active) · license: apache-2.0 · 262,144-token context · GGUF published Apr 16, 2026 · GGUF files on Hugging Face
Memory needed per quantization
| Quant | File size | Needs (estimate) | Smallest card it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| UD-IQ1_M | 10.0 GB | 11.7 GB | 16 GB cards |
| UD-IQ2_XXS | 10.8 GB | 12.4 GB | 16 GB cards |
| UD-IQ2_M | 11.5 GB | 13.2 GB | 16 GB cards |
| UD-Q2_K_XL | 12.3 GB | 14.0 GB | 16 GB cards |
| UD-IQ3_XXS | 13.2 GB | 14.9 GB | 16 GB cards |
| UD-IQ3_S | 13.7 GB | 15.3 GB | 16 GB cards |
| UD-Q3_K_S | 15.4 GB | 17.0 GB | 24 GB cards |
| UD-Q3_K_M | 16.6 GB | 18.3 GB | 24 GB cards |
| UD-Q3_K_XL | 16.8 GB | 18.5 GB | 24 GB cards |
| UD-IQ4_XS | 17.7 GB | 19.4 GB | 24 GB cards |
| UD-Q4_K_S | 20.9 GB | 22.6 GB | 24 GB cards |
| MXFP4_MOE | 21.7 GB | 23.4 GB | 24 GB cards |
| UD-Q4_K_M | 22.1 GB | 23.8 GB | 32 GB cards |
| UD-Q4_K_XL | 22.4 GB | 24.0 GB | 32 GB cards |
| UD-Q5_K_S | 24.9 GB | 26.6 GB | 32 GB cards |
| UD-Q5_K_M | 26.5 GB | 28.1 GB | 32 GB cards |
| UD-Q5_K_XL | 26.6 GB | 28.3 GB | 32 GB cards |
| UD-Q6_K | 29.3 GB | 31.0 GB | 32 GB cards |
| UD-Q6_K_XL | 31.8 GB | 33.5 GB | 48 GB cards |
| Q8_0 | 36.9 GB | 38.6 GB | 48 GB cards |
| UD-IQ4_NL | 37.5 GB | 39.2 GB | 48 GB cards |
| UD-Q8_K_XL | 38.5 GB | 40.1 GB | 48 GB cards |
| BF16 | 69.4 GB | 71.0 GB | 96 GB cards |
Expected speed on popular hardware
| Hardware | Best quant that fits | Expected tok/s |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 3060 | Does not fit | |
| NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti | Does not fit | |
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | UD-Q4_K_S | 183 estimate |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | UD-Q4_K_S | 203 estimate |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 | UD-Q6_K | 229 estimate |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | UD-Q4_K_S | 204 estimate |
| Apple M4 Pro (20-core GPU) (64 GB) | Q8_0 | 36.6 estimate |
| Apple M3 Max (40-core GPU) (64 GB) | Q8_0 | 53.5 estimate |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Radeon 8060S) | Q8_0 | 32.9 estimate |
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