Qwen 3 Coder (480B-A35B) has 480 billion parameters. At standard 4-bit quantization with 8K context, it needs roughly 323.6 GB of VRAM — weights plus cache and runtime overhead.

VRAM by quantization

PrecisionWeightsCache/BufferTotal VRAM
2-bit (IQ2_XXS)153.6 GB57.6 GB213.2 GB
4-bit (Q4_K_M)264.0 GB57.6 GB323.6 GB
8-bit (Q8_0)504.0 GB57.6 GB563.6 GB
16-bit (FP16)960.0 GB57.6 GB1019.6 GB

Which GPU can run Qwen 3 Coder (480B-A35B) (at 4-bit)?

GPU classVRAMQwen 3 Coder (480B-A35B) (323.6 GB)
8 GB · RTX 5060 / 40608 GBWon’t fit
12 GB · RTX 5070 / 306012 GBWon’t fit
16 GB · RTX 5070 Ti / 408016 GBWon’t fit
24 GB · RTX 4090 / 309024 GBWon’t fit
32 GB · RTX 509032 GBWon’t fit
48 GB · 2×24 / RTX 6000 Ada48 GBWon’t fit
128 GB · M-series / RTX Spark128 GBWon’t fit

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VRAM figures are reproducible estimates (weights + KV cache + overhead) and vary by runtime and quant format. Data current as of 2026-06-15.