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Qwen3-4B-Instruct_NSFW-V2.1

bmle/Qwen3-4B-Instruct_NSFW-V2.1

Qwen3-4B-Instruct_NSFW-V2.1 at Q4_K_M is exactly 2,497,279,936 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
262,144
native (config.json)
License
apache-2.0

Shipped quantizations

exact bytes, summed from published files
QuantSizeExact bytesEffective bpwTensorsPublisher
I1-IQ1_S0.98 GiB1,055,255,2322.099mradermacher
I1-IQ1_M1.05 GiB1,127,017,1522.241mradermacher
I1-IQ2_XXS1.16 GiB1,246,620,3522.479mradermacher
I1-IQ2_XS1.26 GiB1,354,099,3922.693mradermacher
I1-IQ2_S1.32 GiB1,417,300,6722.819mradermacher
I1-IQ2_M1.41 GiB1,512,983,2323.009mradermacher
I1-Q2_K_S1.46 GiB1,563,453,6323.109mradermacher
Q2_K1.55 GiB1,669,498,8163.320mradermacher
I1-Q2_K1.55 GiB1,669,499,0723.320mradermacher
I1-IQ3_XXS1.56 GiB1,670,187,7123.322mradermacher
I1-IQ3_XS1.69 GiB1,814,374,5923.608mradermacher
Q3_K_S1.76 GiB1,886,996,4163.753mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_S1.76 GiB1,886,996,6723.753mradermacher
I1-IQ3_S1.77 GiB1,899,530,4323.778mradermacher
I1-IQ3_M1.83 GiB1,962,895,5523.904mradermacher
Q3_K_M1.93 GiB2,075,617,2164.128mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_M1.93 GiB2,075,617,4724.128mradermacher
Q3_K_L2.09 GiB2,239,784,8964.455mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_L2.09 GiB2,239,785,1524.455mradermacher
I1-IQ4_XS2.11 GiB2,270,750,9124.516mradermacher
IQ4_XS2.13 GiB2,286,315,4564.547mradermacher
I1-Q4_02.21 GiB2,375,772,3524.725mradermacher
I1-IQ4_NL2.22 GiB2,381,342,9124.736mradermacher
Q4_K_S2.22 GiB2,383,308,7364.740mradermacher
I1-Q4_K_S2.22 GiB2,383,308,9924.740mradermacher
Q4_K_M2.33 GiB2,497,279,9364.967mradermacher
I1-Q4_K_M2.33 GiB2,497,280,1924.967mradermacher
I1-Q4_12.42 GiB2,596,628,6725.164mradermacher
Q5_K_S2.63 GiB2,823,710,6565.616mradermacher
I1-Q5_K_S2.63 GiB2,823,710,9125.616mradermacher
Q5_K_M2.69 GiB2,889,512,8965.747mradermacher
I1-Q5_K_M2.69 GiB2,889,513,1525.747mradermacher
Q6_K3.08 GiB3,306,260,4166.576mradermacher
I1-Q6_K3.08 GiB3,306,260,6726.576mradermacher
Q8_03.99 GiB4,280,404,4168.513mradermacher
F167.50 GiB8,051,284,41616.013mradermacher

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 Qwen3-4B-Instruct_NSFW-V2.1 need?
Q4_K_M is exactly 2,497,279,936 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 Qwen3-4B-Instruct_NSFW-V2.1'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 Qwen3-4B-Instruct_NSFW-V2.1 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.