Model field guide

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

3 of 44 hardware configurations have a supported memory fit at one or more recorded quantizations. Runtime compatibility still needs verification.

Total parameters235.09B
Active parameters22.00B
Recorded context limit262,144
Architecturemoe
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Verified 2026-10-22 · license metadata: apache-2.0 · commercial use: yes (review the terms).

Actual files, not a size shortcut.

Recorded complete GGUF file sets
QuantizationTotal file sizeSource
Q4_K_M132.391 GiB142,154,074,880 bytes; 3 file(s)Sum of exact file byte sizes in the repository listing at the recorded commit; every declared shard is present. Auxiliary vision projector and speculative-decoding files are excluded. Labels follow publisher filenames; mixed-precision expert tensors may remain in a differently labeled file, so the estimator uses measured bytes rather than assumed bits per weight.Pinned file recordVerified 2026-10-22
Q5_K_M155.358 GiB166,814,157,632 bytes; 4 file(s)Sum of exact file byte sizes in the repository listing at the recorded commit; every declared shard is present. Auxiliary vision projector and speculative-decoding files are excluded. Labels follow publisher filenames; mixed-precision expert tensors may remain in a differently labeled file, so the estimator uses measured bytes rather than assumed bits per weight.Pinned file recordVerified 2026-10-22
Q8_0232.775 GiB249,940,106,336 bytes; 6 file(s)Sum of exact file byte sizes in the repository listing at the recorded commit; every declared shard is present. Auxiliary vision projector and speculative-decoding files are excluded. Labels follow publisher filenames; mixed-precision expert tensors may remain in a differently labeled file, so the estimator uses measured bytes rather than assumed bits per weight.Pinned file recordVerified 2026-10-22

The hardware picture.

Q4_K_M: hardware comparison
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 · Q4_K_M · default context up to 4,096 tokens · estimated fit and speed
HardwareUsable memoryRequired memoryFit estimateEstimated generation
Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 16GB12.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 32GB24.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M5 Pro (15-core CPU / 16-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M5 Pro (15-core CPU / 16-core GPU) 48GB36.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M5 Pro (15-core CPU / 16-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Max (32-core GPU) 36GB27.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU) 128GB96.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (30-core CPU / 64-core GPU) 96GB72.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (36-core CPU / 80-core GPU) 256GB192.0 GiB134.13 GiBfits36.1–72.2 estimated tokens/s
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (36-core CPU / 80-core GPU) 512GB384.0 GiB134.13 GiBfits36.1–72.2 estimated tokens/s
MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 (10-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 Pro (20-core GPU) 48GB36.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
MacBook Pro 16-inch M5 Max (40-core GPU) 128GB96.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 (10-core GPU) 16GB12.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 (10-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 (10-core GPU) 32GB24.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro (16-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro (16-core GPU) 48GB36.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro (16-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (32-core GPU) 36GB27.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (40-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (40-core GPU) 128GB96.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M3 Ultra (28-core CPU / 60-core GPU) 96GB72.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M3 Ultra (32-core CPU / 80-core GPU) 256GB192.0 GiB134.13 GiBfits24.6–49.3 estimated tokens/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB10.8 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB21.6 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB14.4 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X10.8 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB14.4 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB21.6 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB14.4 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12GB10.8 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB14.4 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB14.4 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB28.8 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GB86.4 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 48GB43.2 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Intel Arc B580 12GB10.8 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
AMD Ryzen AI Halo, Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB89.6 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB / 4TB96.0 GiB134.13 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
2 × GeForce RTX 3090 24GB (conditional 48GB aggregate)40.8 GiB134.13 GiBNeeds verificationEstimated speed unavailable
2 × GeForce RTX 5090 32GB (conditional 64GB aggregate)54.4 GiB134.13 GiBNeeds verificationEstimated speed unavailable
Q5_K_M: hardware comparison
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 · Q5_K_M · default context up to 4,096 tokens · estimated fit and speed
HardwareUsable memoryRequired memoryFit estimateEstimated generation
Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 16GB12.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 32GB24.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M5 Pro (15-core CPU / 16-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M5 Pro (15-core CPU / 16-core GPU) 48GB36.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M5 Pro (15-core CPU / 16-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Max (32-core GPU) 36GB27.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU) 128GB96.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (30-core CPU / 64-core GPU) 96GB72.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (36-core CPU / 80-core GPU) 256GB192.0 GiB157.09 GiBfits30.7–61.5 estimated tokens/s
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (36-core CPU / 80-core GPU) 512GB384.0 GiB157.09 GiBfits30.7–61.5 estimated tokens/s
MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 (10-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 Pro (20-core GPU) 48GB36.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
MacBook Pro 16-inch M5 Max (40-core GPU) 128GB96.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 (10-core GPU) 16GB12.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 (10-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 (10-core GPU) 32GB24.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro (16-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro (16-core GPU) 48GB36.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro (16-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (32-core GPU) 36GB27.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (40-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (40-core GPU) 128GB96.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M3 Ultra (28-core CPU / 60-core GPU) 96GB72.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M3 Ultra (32-core CPU / 80-core GPU) 256GB192.0 GiB157.09 GiBfits21.0–42.0 estimated tokens/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB10.8 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB21.6 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB14.4 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X10.8 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB14.4 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB21.6 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB14.4 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12GB10.8 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB14.4 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB14.4 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB28.8 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GB86.4 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 48GB43.2 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Intel Arc B580 12GB10.8 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
AMD Ryzen AI Halo, Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB89.6 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB / 4TB96.0 GiB157.09 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
2 × GeForce RTX 3090 24GB (conditional 48GB aggregate)40.8 GiB157.09 GiBNeeds verificationEstimated speed unavailable
2 × GeForce RTX 5090 32GB (conditional 64GB aggregate)54.4 GiB157.09 GiBNeeds verificationEstimated speed unavailable
Q8_0: hardware comparison
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 · Q8_0 · default context up to 4,096 tokens · estimated fit and speed
HardwareUsable memoryRequired memoryFit estimateEstimated generation
Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 16GB12.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 32GB24.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M5 Pro (15-core CPU / 16-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M5 Pro (15-core CPU / 16-core GPU) 48GB36.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini M5 Pro (15-core CPU / 16-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Max (32-core GPU) 36GB27.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU) 128GB96.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (30-core CPU / 64-core GPU) 96GB72.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (36-core CPU / 80-core GPU) 256GB192.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (36-core CPU / 80-core GPU) 512GB384.0 GiB234.51 GiBfits20.5–41.0 estimated tokens/s
MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 (10-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 Pro (20-core GPU) 48GB36.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
MacBook Pro 16-inch M5 Max (40-core GPU) 128GB96.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 (10-core GPU) 16GB12.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 (10-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 (10-core GPU) 32GB24.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro (16-core GPU) 24GB18.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro (16-core GPU) 48GB36.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro (16-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (32-core GPU) 36GB27.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (40-core GPU) 64GB48.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (40-core GPU) 128GB96.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M3 Ultra (28-core CPU / 60-core GPU) 96GB72.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Mac Studio (2025) M3 Ultra (32-core CPU / 80-core GPU) 256GB192.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB10.8 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB21.6 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB14.4 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X10.8 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB14.4 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB21.6 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB14.4 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12GB10.8 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB14.4 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB14.4 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB28.8 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition 96GB86.4 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 48GB43.2 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
Intel Arc B580 12GB10.8 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
AMD Ryzen AI Halo, Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB89.6 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB / 4TB96.0 GiB234.51 GiBdoesn't fitEstimated speed unavailable
2 × GeForce RTX 3090 24GB (conditional 48GB aggregate)40.8 GiB234.51 GiBNeeds verificationEstimated speed unavailable
2 × GeForce RTX 5090 32GB (conditional 64GB aggregate)54.4 GiB234.51 GiBNeeds verificationEstimated speed unavailable
A “fits” result checks estimated memory only. “Needs verification” preserves missing cache, vision, or placement information. All speed figures are estimated from the published bandwidth formula.
Field-level sources and verification dates