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Parable-Qwen3-4B-Claude-Fable-5

AnkitAI/Parable-Qwen3-4B-Claude-Fable-5

Parable-Qwen3-4B-Claude-Fable-5 at Q4_K_M is exactly 2,497,281,728 bytes (2.33 GiB / 2.50 GB) — an effective 4.967 bits per weight, not the nominal 4. Its KV cache at 32K is 4.50 GiB.

From the file· summed from 1 file(s)From the file· KV per layer
Parameters
4.0B
Architecture
qwen3
36 layers
Context
40,960
native (config.json)
License
apache-2.0

Shipped quantizations

exact bytes, summed from published files
QuantSizeExact bytesEffective bpwTensorsPublisher
I1-IQ1_S0.98 GiB1,055,256,9602.099mradermacher
I1-IQ1_S0.98 GiB1,055,257,0562.099mradermacher
I1-IQ1_M1.05 GiB1,127,018,8802.241mradermacher
I1-IQ1_M1.05 GiB1,127,018,9762.241mradermacher
I1-IQ2_XXS1.16 GiB1,246,622,0802.479mradermacher
I1-IQ2_XXS1.16 GiB1,246,622,1762.479mradermacher
I1-IQ2_XS1.26 GiB1,354,101,1202.693mradermacher
I1-IQ2_XS1.26 GiB1,354,101,2162.693mradermacher
I1-IQ2_S1.32 GiB1,417,302,4002.819mradermacher
I1-IQ2_S1.32 GiB1,417,302,4962.819mradermacher
I1-IQ2_M1.41 GiB1,512,984,9603.009mradermacher
I1-IQ2_M1.41 GiB1,512,985,0563.009mradermacher
I1-Q2_K_S1.46 GiB1,563,455,3603.109mradermacher
I1-Q2_K_S1.46 GiB1,563,455,4563.109mradermacher
Q2_K1.55 GiB1,669,500,6083.320mradermacher
I1-Q2_K1.55 GiB1,669,500,8003.320mradermacher
I1-Q2_K1.55 GiB1,669,500,8963.320mradermacher
I1-IQ3_XXS1.56 GiB1,670,189,4403.322mradermacher
I1-IQ3_XXS1.56 GiB1,670,189,5363.322mradermacher
I1-IQ3_XS1.69 GiB1,814,376,3203.608mradermacher
I1-IQ3_XS1.69 GiB1,814,376,4163.608mradermacher
Q3_K_S1.76 GiB1,886,998,2083.753mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_S1.76 GiB1,886,998,4003.753mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_S1.76 GiB1,886,998,4963.753mradermacher
I1-IQ3_S1.77 GiB1,899,532,1603.778mradermacher
I1-IQ3_S1.77 GiB1,899,532,2563.778mradermacher
I1-IQ3_M1.83 GiB1,962,897,2803.904mradermacher
I1-IQ3_M1.83 GiB1,962,897,3763.904mradermacher
Q3_K_M1.93 GiB2,075,619,0084.128mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_M1.93 GiB2,075,619,2004.128mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_M1.93 GiB2,075,619,2964.128mradermacher
Q3_K_L2.09 GiB2,239,786,6884.455mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_L2.09 GiB2,239,786,8804.455mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_L2.09 GiB2,239,786,9764.455mradermacher
I1-IQ4_XS2.11 GiB2,270,752,6404.516mradermacher
I1-IQ4_XS2.11 GiB2,270,752,7364.516mradermacher
IQ4_XS2.13 GiB2,286,317,2484.547mradermacher
I1-Q4_02.21 GiB2,375,774,0804.725mradermacher
I1-Q4_02.21 GiB2,375,774,1764.725mradermacher
I1-IQ4_NL2.22 GiB2,381,344,6404.736mradermacher

KV cache by context

computed per layer
ContextKV cache (f16)Flat formulaOverstated byFull / windowed / recurrent
4,0960.56 GiB0.56 GiB36 / 0 / 0
8,1921.13 GiB1.13 GiB36 / 0 / 0
16,3842.25 GiB2.25 GiB36 / 0 / 0
32,7684.50 GiB4.50 GiB36 / 0 / 0
65,5369.00 GiB9.00 GiB36 / 0 / 0
131,07218.00 GiB18.00 GiB36 / 0 / 0

Compare with

same modality, comparable size

Will it run on your card?

full quant x context sweep

Why other calculators give a different number

A parameters × bits ÷ 8 estimate puts Q4_K_M at roughly 2.11 GiB. The real file is 2.33 GiB, because a quantization is a mixture and some tensors are always kept at higher precision.

Architecture

from config.json
Layers
36
Attention heads
32
KV heads
8
Head dim
128
Hidden size
2560
Vocab
151,936
Sliding window
none
SWA period
MLA
no
Experts
Experts per token
use_sliding_window
false

Questions people ask

How much VRAM does Parable-Qwen3-4B-Claude-Fable-5 need?
Q4_K_M is exactly 2,497,281,728 bytes (2.33 GiB) in weights. Add the KV cache, which depends on your context length, plus roughly half a gigabyte of runtime overhead.
How large is Parable-Qwen3-4B-Claude-Fable-5's KV cache?
4.50 GiB at 32K context with an f16 cache, computed per layer. Quantizing the cache to q8_0 roughly halves it, which is often the difference between a context length fitting and not.
Which quantization of Parable-Qwen3-4B-Claude-Fable-5 should I use?
Q4_K_M is the usual default. Pick the largest quantization that fits your card at the context you actually need — the table above gives exact sizes for every one published.