Alibaba · 80B (3B active) · Mixture of Experts
Ultra-efficient agentic coding MoE optimized for tool-calling coding agents Check if your GPU or Mac can run Qwen 3 Coder Next 80B-A3B locally — 44.7 GB min, 74.5 GB recommended.
2026-02256K context
Mixture of Experts
Total experts: 512
Active experts: 10
Active params: 3.0B
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 2 | 26.1 GB | low | — |
| Q3_K_M | 3 | 36.4 GB | moderate | — |
| Q4_K_M | 4 | 41.5 GB | good | — |
| Q5_K_M | 5 | 51.7 GB | good | — |
| Q6_K | 6 | 62 GB | excellent | — |
| Q8_0 | 8 | 82.5 GB | excellent | — |
| F16 | 16 | 164.4 GB | lossless | — |
Can I run Qwen 3 Coder Next 80B-A3B locally?
- Can I run Qwen 3 Coder Next 80B-A3B locally?
- Qwen 3 Coder Next 80B-A3B needs about 44.7 GB of memory at a minimum and 74.5 GB recommended. Open this page to grade it against your GPU or Mac, then run it with runai, Ollama or LM Studio.
- How much VRAM does Qwen 3 Coder Next 80B-A3B need?
- At Q4_K_M, Qwen 3 Coder Next 80B-A3B uses about 41.5 GB of VRAM. Higher quants need more memory; lower quants fit tighter cards with a quality tradeoff.