Alibaba Cloud19 local models

Qwen Models: Local AI on Any Device

Qwen by Alibaba Cloud offers the most versatile range of open-weight models available today. With variants from 0.5B to 235B parameters, there is a Qwen model for every device — from iPhones with 6GB RAM to Mac Studios with 192GB. Qwen consistently scores among the top models for coding, chat, and multilingual tasks.

Developer

Alibaba Cloud

Models

19

Size Range

0.5B – 235B

RAM Range

2192 GB

Key Features

Widest size range (0.5B to 235B)
Strong multilingual and coding performance
Best quality/size ratio in the 7B-14B range
Works on devices from iPhones to Mac Studios

All Qwen Models

ModelSizeQuantVRAMMin RAMBest ForQualityOllama
Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct0.5BQ4_K_M0.8 GB2 GBChat, Mobile
45
Qwen3.5 0.8B Instruct0.8BQ4_K_M0.8 GB2 GBChat, Mobile
55
Qwen2.5 1.5B Instruct1.5BQ4_K_M1.5 GB4 GBChat, Translation
58
Qwen3.5 2B Instruct2BQ4_K_M1.8 GB4 GBChat, Edge tasks
68
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct3BQ4_K_M2.5 GB6 GBChat, Coding
66
Qwen3.5 4B Instruct4BQ4_K_M3.5 GB8 GBCoding, Agents, Multimodal
82
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct7BQ4_K_M5.5 GB10 GBChat, Coding
79
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B7BQ4_K_M5.5 GB10 GBCoding
83
Qwen3 8B8BQ4_K_M6.5 GB12 GBChat, Coding
84
Qwen3.5 9B Instruct9BQ4_K_M7 GB14 GBQuality, Coding, Reasoning
90
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct14BQ4_K_M11 GB20 GBCoding, Chat
90
Qwen2.5 Coder 14B14BQ4_K_M11 GB22 GBCoding
93
Qwen3 14B14BQ4_K_M11 GB20 GBCoding, Quality
91
Qwen3.5 27B Instruct27BQ4_K_M16 GB20 GBChat, Coding, Complex reasoning
90
Qwen3 30B30BQ4_K_M22 GB28 GBQuality, Coding
95
Qwen3.5 Flash35BQ4_K_M22 GB24 GBProduction, Long context, Agent scenarios
88
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Instruct35BQ4_K_M20 GB24 GBReasoning, Coding, Agent scenarios
92
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Instruct122BQ4_K_M72 GB96 GBFrontier-level reasoning, Complex tasks
96
Qwen3 235B A22B235BQ4_K_M130 GB192 GBQuality, Reasoning
98

Device Compatibility

Which Qwen models can run on each device class, based on minimum RAM requirements.

ModeliPhoneAirProStudioMini
Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct (0.5B)ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Qwen3.5 0.8B Instruct (0.8B)ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Qwen2.5 1.5B Instruct (1.5B)ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Qwen3.5 2B Instruct (2B)ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct (3B)PossiblePossibleExcellentExcellentExcellent
Qwen3.5 4B Instruct (4B)PossiblePossibleExcellentExcellentExcellent
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct (7B)PossiblePossibleExcellentExcellentExcellent
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B (7B)PossiblePossibleExcellentExcellentExcellent
Qwen3 8B (8B)PossiblePossiblePossibleExcellentPossible
Qwen3.5 9B Instruct (9B)NoPossiblePossibleExcellentPossible
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct (14B)NoPossiblePossibleExcellentPossible
Qwen2.5 Coder 14B (14B)NoPossiblePossibleExcellentPossible
Qwen3 14B (14B)NoPossiblePossibleExcellentPossible
Qwen3.5 27B Instruct (27B)NoPossiblePossibleExcellentPossible
Qwen3 30B (30B)NoPossiblePossiblePossiblePossible
Qwen3.5 Flash (35B)NoPossiblePossiblePossiblePossible
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Instruct (35B)NoPossiblePossiblePossiblePossible
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Instruct (122B)NoNoPossiblePossibleNo
Qwen3 235B A22B (235B)NoNoNoPossibleNo

RAM Requirements

Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct
0.8 GB
min 2 GB
Qwen3.5 0.8B Instruct
0.8 GB
min 2 GB
Qwen2.5 1.5B Instruct
1.5 GB
min 4 GB
Qwen3.5 2B Instruct
1.8 GB
min 4 GB
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct
2.5 GB
min 6 GB
Qwen3.5 4B Instruct
3.5 GB
min 8 GB
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
5.5 GB
min 10 GB
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B
5.5 GB
min 10 GB
Qwen3 8B
6.5 GB
min 12 GB
Qwen3.5 9B Instruct
7 GB
min 14 GB
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
11 GB
min 20 GB
Qwen2.5 Coder 14B
11 GB
min 22 GB
Qwen3 14B
11 GB
min 20 GB
Qwen3.5 27B Instruct
16 GB
min 20 GB
Qwen3 30B
22 GB
min 28 GB
Qwen3.5 Flash
22 GB
min 24 GB
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Instruct
20 GB
min 24 GB
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Instruct
72 GB
min 96 GB
Qwen3 235B A22B
130 GB
min 192 GB

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best Qwen model for 16GB RAM?+
Qwen2.5 7B Q4 is the sweet spot for 16GB RAM. It uses about 5.5GB, leaving room for your OS and apps. For coding tasks, it performs close to models twice its size.
Can I run Qwen on an iPhone?+
Yes. Qwen2.5 0.5B and 1.5B models run on iPhones with 6GB+ RAM. They are fast enough for basic chat and translation, though quality is limited by their small size.
How does Qwen compare to Llama 3?+
Qwen offers more size options (0.5B to 235B vs Llama's 1B to 405B). At 7B, Qwen2.5 edges out Llama 3.2 on coding benchmarks, while Llama tends to be stronger at general reasoning.
What Ollama command runs Qwen?+
Run `ollama run qwen2.5:7b-instruct-q4_K_M` for the most popular size. Replace `7b` with `1.5b`, `14b`, `32b`, or `72b` depending on your RAM.

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