Hardware guide · Qwen3-Coder
What hardware do you need to run Qwen3-Coder-Next 80B-A3B?
Qwen3-Coder-Next 80B-A3B needs about 48 GB to run at Q4_K_M, so the lightest hardware that runs it is Apple M4 Max (64GB). 5 of 43 devices tested can run it.
- Needs (Q4_K_M)
- ~48 GB
- Devices that run it
- 5
- Too small
- 38
- Lightest that runs it
- ~48 GB
Runs at Q4_K_M using ~48 GB of ~96 GB usable. You have room for Q8_0 for higher quality.
What kind of hardware runs Qwen3-Coder-Next 80B-A3B
Of the 5 devices that run it, here is the split by hardware class.
Hardware that runs Qwen3-Coder-Next 80B-A3B
Ranked by usable memory, lightest first. Prices are approximate street prices for the device itself (a GPU is the card alone; a Mac is the whole machine). Tok/s is a bandwidth estimate; see methodology.
- TightApple M4 Max (64GB) from $3,499~48 GB usable · uses ~48 GB
- YesApple M4 Max (128GB) from $3,499~96 GB usable · uses ~48 GB
- YesAMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB) from $3,999~96 GB usable · uses ~48 GB
- YesApple M5 Max (128GB) from $3,599~96 GB usable · uses ~48 GB
- YesApple M3 Ultra (256GB) from $3,999~192 GB usable · uses ~48 GB
Too small for Qwen3-Coder-Next 80B-A3B
See the full Qwen3-Coder-Next 80B-A3B memory breakdown, or compare it against other models.
Sources
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huggingface.co · 2 sources
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ollama.com · 1 source
Memory at Q4_K_M (48 GB = 45.09 GB weights + KV cache + overhead), Catalog updated 2026-10-05. See methodology.