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โ‡ฑ Qwen 2.5 3B VRAM Requirements โ€” GPU Compatibility


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Qwen 2.5 3B

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๐Ÿ‘ huggingface
HuggingFace๐Ÿ‘ ollama
Ollama
Sep 2024Released131K tokensContextApache 2.0License46 BasicQuality

Qwen 2.5 3B (3B parameters) requires approximately 5.8 GB of VRAM with Q4_K_M quantization. For the best balance of quality and speed, we recommend hardware with at least 7 GB of VRAM.

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โ€” copy & paste to run locally

Copy-paste commands to run Qwen 2.5 3B on your machine.

Run

ollama run qwen2.5:3b

Quick specs

Parameters3B
Architecturedense
Context131K tokens
Modalitytext
Min RAM1.2 GB
Rec. RAM1.8 GB (Q4_K_M)
LicenseApache 2.0
FamilyQwen
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About this model

Qwen 2.5 3B provides a good balance of capability and efficiency, suitable for laptops and entry-level GPUs.

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๐Ÿ‘ Intel
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Intel Arc A380 6GB~$139 โ€” 42 tok/s
๐Ÿ‘ NVIDIA
Best overallA
RTX 5060 8GB~$299 โ€” 57 tok/s

Best hardware

Top picks for Qwen 2.5 3B

RTX 5060 8GBA
8 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 8GBA
8 GB
RTX 5050 8GBA
8 GB
RTX 4060 8GBA
8 GB
RTX 4070 Laptop 8GBA
8 GB

Run this model

Qwen 2.5 3B on RTX 5060 8GBQwen 2.5 3B on RTX 5060 Ti 8GBQwen 2.5 3B on RTX 5050 8GB

Quantization options

VRAM estimates by quant level

No hardware detected โ€” fit column shows raw VRAM estimates

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
1.2 GB
Lowโ€”
Q3_K_S
3
1.5 GB
Lowโ€”
NVFP4
4
1.7 GB
Mediumโ€”
Q4_K_M
4
1.8 GB
Mediumโ€”
Q5_K_M
5
2.2 GB
Highโ€”
Q6_K
6
2.5 GB
Highโ€”
Q8_0
8
3.2 GB
Very Highโ€”
F16
16
6.1 GB
Maximumโ€”

Quality benchmarks

Qwen 2.5 3B benchmark scores

Benchmark verified

Coding

SWE-bench Verifiedโ€”
HumanEval+74.4%
Aider Polyglotโ€”
LiveCodeBenchโ€”

Reasoning

MMLU-Pro43.7%
GPQA Diamond30.3%
MATH-50065.9%
ARC Challengeโ€”

General

Chatbot Arenaโ€”
IFEval58.2%

Source: official ยท 2024-09-19

Hardware compatibility

Fit estimates across all hardware

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Computing compatibility...

Memory breakdown

Reference: RTX 2060 6GB

Weights1.8 GB
KV Cache2.2 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom0.6 GB

Frequently asked questions

FAQ โ€” Qwen 2.5 3B

See also

Quantization GuideScoring MethodologyVRAM Calculator