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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Image input

Parameters
122.1B
Max context length
262,144
Architecture
qwen35moe
License
apache-2.0
llama.cpp
b7990+

About Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is a GGUF model based on Qwen/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B on Hugging Face. GGUF files are published by 2 sources (unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF, mradermacher/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF). It has about 122.1B parameters, the qwen35moe architecture, a maximum context length of 262,144 tokens (values written in the GGUF).

There are 26 quantizations, with file sizes from 34.2 GB (UD-IQ1_M) to 244 GB (BF16) (actual sizes on Hugging Face).

Running Q4_K_M (76.5 GB) with an 8,192-token context needs an estimated 77.9 GB of memory, and an estimated 78.5 GB at 32,768 tokens. For 8,192 tokens, a GPU with 96 GB or more of VRAM, or a Mac with 96 GB or more of unified memory, is a rough guide (macOS caps how much memory the GPU can use, so leave some headroom). The smallest, UD-IQ1_M (34.2 GB), needs an estimated 35.6 GB at 8,192 tokens.

The original model is licensed under Apache License 2.0, which allows commercial use (keep the license text and copyright notice when redistributing). Check the original license for the terms of use. An mmproj file for image input is also available.

File size and estimated memory per quantization

  • Up to 8 GB
  • Up to 16 GB
  • Up to 24 GB
  • Up to 48 GB
  • Up to 128 GB
  • More

File sizes are the actual values on Hugging Face. Memory is estimated for each context length (KV cache f16). The formula is in How memory is calculated.

All memory figures are Estimated (KV cache f16). It should run on a setup with at least this much VRAM (or Mac unified memory). Click a value to see the devices and models that fit that amount (Find by GPU / Mac).

2 sources publish GGUF files of this model. Quantization types and file sizes differ slightly between sources, so there is a table for each source below.

Using image input: This model supports image input. To use images, an mmproj file is loaded as well.

About the "quality guide" (how far a quantization drifts from the original)

For each quantization type, how far the output drifts from the original model, grouped into six levels from values llama.cpp measured on Llama-3-8B.

The value is mean KLD (the difference between the original and quantized model in next-token probabilities); smaller means closer to the original. Quantizations made with an imatrix (importance data) come out slightly smaller. Levels use the value without an imatrix (or with one, for types that only have that).

These values were not measured on this model. Larger models and MoE models tend to drift less with the same type. Distributor-specific mixed types (such as UD-Q4_K_XL) cannot be matched by type name alone, so they show "-".

Quantization Quality guide KLD (no imatrix) KLD (imatrix) Size (Llama-3-8B)
Q8_0 Nearly identical 0.0014 - 7.96 GiB
Q6_K Very small 0.0055 - 6.14 GiB
Q5_K_M Very small 0.0108 - 5.33 GiB
Q5_K_S Small 0.0166 - 5.21 GiB
Q5_1 Small 0.0180 - 5.65 GiB
Q5_0 Small 0.0222 - 5.21 GiB
Q4_K_M Small 0.0313 0.0282 4.58 GiB
Q4_K_S Medium 0.0431 0.0320 4.37 GiB
IQ4_NL Small - 0.0357 4.35 GiB
IQ4_XS Small - 0.0363 4.14 GiB
Q4_1 Medium 0.0717 - 4.78 GiB
Q4_0 Medium 0.0719 - 4.34 GiB
Q3_K_L Medium 0.0872 0.0731 4.03 GiB
Q3_K_M Medium 0.1019 0.0844 3.74 GiB
IQ3_M Medium - 0.1025 3.53 GiB
IQ3_S Medium - 0.1113 3.42 GiB
IQ3_XS Large - 0.1387 3.28 GiB
IQ3_XXS Large - 0.1836 3.05 GiB
Q3_K_S Large 0.2282 0.1998 3.41 GiB
IQ2_M Large - 0.3260 2.74 GiB
Q2_K Very large 0.4451 0.3322 2.96 GiB
Q2_K_S Very large - 0.4034 2.96 GiB
IQ2_S Very large - 0.4392 2.56 GiB
IQ2_XS Very large - 0.5463 2.43 GiB
IQ2_XXS Very large - 0.8120 2.24 GiB
IQ1_M Very large - 1.3931 2.01 GiB
IQ1_S Very large - 2.2546 1.88 GiB

Source: llama.cpp (MIT), measured on Llama-3-8B against FP16, Wikitext-2, revision f364eb6f. Original table · Reading and choosing quantizations

GGUF source

unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF

Converted and published by a third party About this label

Last checked: Nov 11, 2026

Architecture
qwen35moe
llama.cpp b7990 and later
Parameters
122.1B
Max context length
262,144
License
apache-2.0 Commercial OK
File size and memory per quantization for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B (unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF)
Quantization File size Measured Quality guide 4,096 8,192 16,384 32,768 65,536 131,072 262,144 max
UD-IQ1_M 34.2 GB - 35.5 GB 35.6 GB 35.8 GB 36.2 GB 37.0 GB 38.6 GB 41.9 GB
UD-IQ2_XXS 36.6 GB - 37.9 GB 38.0 GB 38.2 GB 38.6 GB 39.5 GB 41.1 GB 44.3 GB
UD-IQ2_M 39.1 GB - 40.5 GB 40.6 GB 40.8 GB 41.2 GB 42.0 GB 43.6 GB 46.8 GB
UD-Q2_K_XL 41.8 GB - 43.1 GB 43.2 GB 43.4 GB 43.9 GB 44.7 GB 46.3 GB 49.5 GB
UD-IQ3_XXS 44.7 GB - 46.0 GB 46.1 GB 46.3 GB 46.8 GB 47.6 GB 49.2 GB 52.4 GB
UD-IQ3_S 46.6 GB - 47.9 GB 48.0 GB 48.2 GB 48.6 GB 49.4 GB 51.0 GB 54.2 GB
Q3_K_S (3 parts) 52.5 GB Large 53.8 GB 53.9 GB 54.1 GB 54.5 GB 55.3 GB 56.9 GB 60.1 GB
Q3_K_M (3 parts) 56.4 GB Medium 57.7 GB 57.8 GB 58.0 GB 58.4 GB 59.2 GB 60.8 GB 64.1 GB
UD-Q3_K_XL (3 parts) 57.0 GB - 58.3 GB 58.4 GB 58.6 GB 59.0 GB 59.8 GB 61.4 GB 64.6 GB
UD-IQ4_XS (3 parts) 60.2 GB - 61.5 GB 61.6 GB 61.8 GB 62.2 GB 63.0 GB 64.7 GB 67.9 GB
UD-IQ4_NL (3 parts) 61.4 GB - 62.7 GB 62.8 GB 63.0 GB 63.4 GB 64.2 GB 65.9 GB 69.1 GB
Q4_K_S (3 parts) 71.7 GB Medium 73.0 GB 73.1 GB 73.3 GB 73.7 GB 74.5 GB 76.1 GB 79.3 GB
MXFP4_MOE (3 parts) 74.7 GB - 76.0 GB 76.1 GB 76.3 GB 76.7 GB 77.5 GB 79.1 GB 82.3 GB
Q4_K_M (3 parts) 76.5 GB Small 77.8 GB 77.9 GB 78.1 GB 78.5 GB 79.3 GB 81.0 GB 84.2 GB
UD-Q4_K_XL (3 parts) 77.0 GB - 78.3 GB 78.4 GB 78.6 GB 79.0 GB 79.8 GB 81.5 GB 84.7 GB
Q5_K_S (3 parts) 86.4 GB Small 87.7 GB 87.8 GB 88.0 GB 88.4 GB 89.2 GB 90.8 GB 94.0 GB
Q5_K_M (3 parts) 91.5 GB Very small 92.8 GB 92.9 GB 93.1 GB 93.5 GB 94.3 GB 95.9 GB 99.2 GB
UD-Q5_K_XL (3 parts) 91.9 GB - 93.2 GB 93.3 GB 93.5 GB 93.9 GB 94.7 GB 96.4 GB 99.6 GB
Q6_K (4 parts) 101 GB Very small 102 GB 102 GB 103 GB 103 GB 104 GB 105 GB 109 GB
UD-Q6_K_XL (4 parts) 112 GB - 114 GB 114 GB 114 GB 114 GB 115 GB 117 GB 120 GB
Q8_0 (4 parts) 130 GB Nearly identical 131 GB 131 GB 131 GB 132 GB 133 GB 134 GB 138 GB
UD-Q8_K_XL (5 parts) 171 GB - 172 GB 172 GB 172 GB 173 GB 174 GB 175 GB 178 GB
BF16 (5 parts) 244 GB Original precision 246 GB 246 GB 246 GB 246 GB 247 GB 249 GB 252 GB

The mmproj file for image input (F16) is 0.91 GB Measured . It is not included in the memory above, so add it if you use images.

Ollama  ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
llama.cpp  llama-server -hf unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

GGUF source

mradermacher/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF

Converted and published by a third party About this label

Last checked: Nov 11, 2026

Architecture
qwen35moe
llama.cpp b7990 and later
Parameters
122.1B
Max context length
262,144
License
apache-2.0 Commercial OK
File size and memory per quantization for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B (mradermacher/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF)
Quantization File size Measured Quality guide 4,096 8,192 16,384 32,768 65,536 131,072 262,144 max
Q2_K 44.6 GB Very large 45.9 GB 46.0 GB 46.2 GB 46.6 GB 47.4 GB 49.0 GB 52.2 GB
Q3_K_S 52.9 GB Large 54.2 GB 54.3 GB 54.5 GB 54.9 GB 55.7 GB 57.3 GB 60.6 GB
Q3_K_M 58.6 GB Medium 59.9 GB 60.0 GB 60.2 GB 60.6 GB 61.4 GB 63.0 GB 66.2 GB
Q3_K_L 63.2 GB Medium 64.5 GB 64.6 GB 64.8 GB 65.2 GB 66.0 GB 67.6 GB 70.8 GB
IQ4_XS 66.0 GB Small 67.3 GB 67.4 GB 67.6 GB 68.0 GB 68.8 GB 70.4 GB 73.6 GB
Q4_K_S 69.6 GB Medium 70.9 GB 71.0 GB 71.2 GB 71.6 GB 72.5 GB 74.1 GB 77.3 GB
Q4_K_M 74.2 GB Small 75.5 GB 75.6 GB 75.8 GB 76.2 GB 77.0 GB 78.6 GB 81.9 GB
Q5_K_S 84.2 GB Small 85.5 GB 85.6 GB 85.8 GB 86.2 GB 87.0 GB 88.6 GB 91.8 GB
Q5_K_M 87.0 GB Very small 88.3 GB 88.4 GB 88.6 GB 89.0 GB 89.8 GB 91.4 GB 94.6 GB
Q6_K 100 GB Very small 102 GB 102 GB 102 GB 102 GB 103 GB 105 GB 108 GB
Q8_0 130 GB Nearly identical 131 GB 131 GB 131 GB 132 GB 133 GB 134 GB 138 GB

The mmproj file for image input (Q8_0) is 0.62 GB Measured . It is not included in the memory above, so add it if you use images.

Ollama  ollama run hf.co/mradermacher/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
llama.cpp  llama-server -hf mradermacher/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Third-party evaluations

Values from other organizations for the original model before quantization. Not this site's own rating. Values are for the original model before quantization. GGUF quantization (especially small quantizations) can lower performance.

Human preference (LMArena)

1,416 1,412–1,421

qwen3.5-122b-a10b · 29,496 votes · Values as of Nov 9, 2026

Source: LMArena (CC BY 4.0). Original leaderboard · See in ranking

License and commercial use

Apache License 2.0 Commercial OK

Allows commercial use, modification and redistribution. When redistributing, keep the license text and copyright notice, and note changes in modified files.

Based on the license on the original model's Hugging Face page. Original license text (checked Oct 18, 2026)

The summary states facts this site read from the original text and is not legal advice. Always check the original license and its latest terms before use. All licenses

How to run

Mainline llama.cpp can load this model's format (qwen35moe) from b7990 (Feb 10, 2026) onward. Ollama and LM Studio bundle llama.cpp internally, so an older app fails to load it with errors such as "unknown model architecture". If that happens, update the app.

Example commands using Q4_K_M. To use another quantization, replace the name with one from the table above. Commands for files from other sources are in each source's section. How to run local LLMs

Ollama

Run it by pointing directly at the GGUF on Hugging Face.

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

llama.cpp

Pass the repository and quantization name to llama-server (or llama-cli) with -hf.

llama-server -hf unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

LM Studio

Paste unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF into the search box, download it, and choose the quantization from the file list.

Frequently asked questions

How much memory do I need to run Qwen3.5-122B-A10B (Q4_K_M)?
The file size is 76.5 GB (measured). With a 8,192-token context, the estimated memory including the KV cache is 77.9 GB. The formula is published at https://localllm.az-arte.com/en/guide/memory-calculation.
Can Qwen3.5-122B-A10B be used commercially?
The original model's license is Apache License 2.0 (Commercial use allowed).Allows commercial use, modification and redistribution. When redistributing, keep the license text and copyright notice, and note changes in modified files. Check the original license text before deciding.
Does Qwen3.5-122B-A10B run in 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB or 24 GB of VRAM?
8 GB: no quantization fits; 12 GB: no quantization fits; 16 GB: no quantization fits; 24 GB: no quantization fits (estimated at 8,192 tokens with an f16 KV cache, files from the most-downloaded source).
What is the command to run Qwen3.5-122B-A10B with Ollama?
Run "ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF:Q4_K_M" to use the GGUF on Hugging Face directly. To use another quantization, replace the name at the end.