Qwen3-30B-A3B (Jul 2025)
Qwen3-30B-A3B (Jul 2025) is an open-weights language model from Qwen, released July 29, 2025. It has 30B parameters (mixture-of-experts, 3B active).
Today, we are excited to announce the release of Qwen3, the latest addition to the Qwen family of large language models. Our flagship model, Qwen3-235B-A22B, achieves competitive results in benchmark evaluations of coding, math, general capabilities, etc., when compared to other top-tier models such as DeepSeek-R1, …
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The smallest common GPU it runs on is 6 GB of VRAM (with 32 GB of RAM): Q6_K, GPU + experts in RAM, roughly 18 tokens per second. Estimates assume 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, a 16K context and llama.cpp-style GGUF quantization. Enter your exact hardware in the live app.
| GPU memory | Verdict | Best quant | VRAM | RAM | tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 GB VRAM | Runs · GPU + CPU experts | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 5.2 GB | 22.6 GB | ~18 |
| 8 GB VRAM | Runs · GPU + CPU experts | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 7.2 GB | 20.6 GB | ~20 |
| 12 GB VRAM | Runs · GPU + CPU experts | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 11.2 GB | 16.6 GB | ~24 |
| 16 GB VRAM | Runs · GPU + CPU experts | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 15.2 GB | 12.6 GB | ~30 |
| 24 GB VRAM | Runs on GPU | Q4_K_M (very good) | 21.5 GB | – | ~230 |
| 32 GB VRAM | Runs on GPU | Q6_K (≈ lossless) | 27.8 GB | – | ~300 |
Benchmark results
Epoch AI has not published results for Qwen3-30B-A3B (Jul 2025) yet. New models are usually evaluated within days to weeks.
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