Qwen3.5-9B

Qwen family · 10.0B params

Evidence: 1 sourced run · 1 awaiting review · 1 independent source · first recorded Aug 18, 2026 · last recorded Sep 4, 2026. What these labels mean.

What the Qwen3.5-9B numbers mean

The fastest verified result on our board is 51.9 output tok/s on an RTX 3060 at Q4_K_M with a 32768-token context. That is about 19.3 ms per generated token — 500 tokens takes roughly 9.6 seconds. Prompt processing on the same record runs at 1457.9 tok/s, so a 2,000-token prompt is read in about 1.4 seconds. Peak VRAM was measured at 5.7 GB. Across the 2 records we hold for this model the range is 38.6–51.9 tok/s on 2 GPUs, because quantisation, context length and the engine build all move the number.

How much VRAM does Qwen3.5-9B need?

Qwen3.5-9B has 10.0B parameters. These estimates use the same formula as the VRAM calculator: weights, plus about 15% for a moderate-context KV cache and runtime overhead, plus a small engine floor.

Long contexts and large batches raise the real number — read the smallest card as "possible with a reduced context". Measured throughput is on the benchmark board.

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