# Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: RAM and VRAM requirements

> Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is a 480B Qwen3-Coder model (Mixture-of-Experts, 35B active per token). At Q4_K_M it needs about **276.2 GB** to run and fits **0 of 40** tracked devices. Minimum to run: high-memory hardware.

Last validated: 2026-08-03. Sources: Ollama, HuggingFace GGUF repos, vendor specs.

## Memory by quantization
| Quant | On disk | To run (4k context) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Q4_K_M | 270.14 GB | ~276.2 GB |
| Q8_0 | 475.3 GB | ~481.4 GB |
| FP16 | 960 GB | ~966.1 GB |

Memory = weights + KV cache + ~0.8 GB runtime overhead, and varies ±15% with context length.

## Will it run on my device?
- **Apple M1 (8GB)** (8 GB): No, not enough memory
- **iPhone 17** (8 GB): No, not enough memory
- **iPhone 17 Pro** (12 GB): No, not enough memory
- **16GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only)** (16 GB): No, not enough memory
- **Google Pixel 10 Pro** (16 GB): No, not enough memory
- **Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB)** (24 GB): No, not enough memory
- **Apple M4 Pro (48GB)** (48 GB): No, not enough memory
- **Apple M3 Ultra (256GB)** (256 GB): No, not enough memory

Full table of all 40 devices: https://localmodel.run/model/qwen3-coder-480b

## How to run
Quickest path: `ollama run qwen3-coder:480b`. On Mac, LM Studio (ships MLX) is fastest; on Linux, Ollama for chat or vLLM to serve; on Windows, LM Studio or Ollama.

## Details
- Parameters: 480B (MoE, 35B active per token)
- Default context: 256k tokens
- License: apache-2.0 (commercial use: yes)
- Released: 2025-07
- HuggingFace: 91,304 downloads/mo, 1357 likes

## FAQ
### How much VRAM or RAM does Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct need?
About 276.2 GB at Q4_K_M (weights 270.14 GB + KV cache + overhead) at a 4k context. Budget ~481.4 GB for Q8_0.
### Can Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct run on a laptop?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is large; you need a high-memory Mac or a 24 GB+ GPU at Q4_K_M.
### Can I use Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct commercially?
Yes, apache-2.0 permits commercial use.

Sources: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct, https://huggingface.co/unsloth/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct-GGUF, https://ollama.com/library/qwen3-coder, https://x.com/Alibaba_Qwen/status/1947766835023335516
More: https://localmodel.run/model/qwen3-coder-480b