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Can I run Qwen3.6 27B on Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra?

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No, not enough memory would not load

No. Qwen3.6 27B needs ~18.9 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra only has ~8.5 GB usable.

Needs ~18.9 GB Device usable ~8.5 GB

Needs ~18.9 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~8.5 GB is usable.

That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes.

The gap is about 10.4 GB: Qwen3.6 27B needs roughly 18.9 GB at Q4_K_M and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra leaves only about 8.5 GB usable for a model. The lightest tracked hardware that runs Qwen3.6 27B is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB) at 24 GB. See Qwen3.6 27B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB).

Q4_K_M needed: ~18.9 GB
Usable on device: ~8.5 GB
Device memory: 12 GB

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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~8.5 GB usable

Q2_K

~13.7 GB

Q3_K_M

~15.7 GB

Q4_K_M

~18.9 GB

Q5_K_M

~21.9 GB

Q6_K

~24.9 GB

Q8_0

~30.7 GB

FP16

~55.9 GB

The line marks Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's ~8.5 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.

How to run it

On Android use PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.).

Model Qwen3.6

Parameters: 27.8B
Q4_K_M size: 16.82 GB
Q8_0 size: 28.6 GB
Context: 256k
Ollama tag: qwen3.6:27b

Full Qwen3.6 27B requirements →

Device Android

Memory: 12 GB ram
Usable for weights: ~8.5 GB
Power draw: ~8 W
Best runtime: llama.cpp (PocketPal) or MLC-LLM (Adreno GPU path)

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What you can run instead

Run Qwen3.6 27B on other hardware

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB)Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB)AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB)Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB)32GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only)Apple M5 (32GB)

FAQ

Can Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra run Qwen3.6 27B?

No. Qwen3.6 27B needs ~18.9 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra only has ~8.5 GB usable.

How much memory does Qwen3.6 27B need?

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~16.82 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~18.9 GB at a 4k context.

What is the best tool to run Qwen3.6 27B on Android?

On Android, PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.) is the go-to option. NPU acceleration is limited and chip-specific; most apps run on CPU. Expect 1B-4B class.

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Sources

Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.