can-i-run-this-llm

Can I run this LLM?

Can a Desktop CPU, DDR5 dual-channel (32GB) run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B (MoE)?

Qwen · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 32.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B (MoE) at Q3_K_M · 14.7 GB · 14–21 tok/s on a Desktop CPU, DDR5 dual-channel (32GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K11.3 GB16–24 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M14.7 GB14–21 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M18.6 GB12–18 tok/sTight / slow
Q5_K_M21.7 GB11–16 tok/sTight / slow
Q6_K25.1 GB10–14 tok/sWon't fit
Q8_032.5 GB8–12 tok/sWon't fit
FP1661.1 GB5–7 tok/sWon't fit

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