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Qwen3.5-2B-Claude-4.6-OS-Auto-Variable-HERETIC-UNCENSORED-THINKING

DavidAU/Qwen3.5-2B-Claude-4.6-OS-Auto-Variable-HERETIC-UNCENSORED-THINKING

Qwen3.5-2B-Claude-4.6-OS-Auto-Variable-HERETIC-UNCENSORED-THINKING at Q4_K_M is exactly 1,274,397,920 bytes (1.19 GiB / 1.27 GB) — an effective 4.606 bits per weight, not the nominal 4. Its KV cache at 32K is 0.38 GiB.

From the file· summed from 1 file(s)From the file· KV per layer
Parameters
2.2B
Architecture
qwen35
24 layers
Context
262,144
native (config.json)
License
apache-2.0

Shipped quantizations

exact bytes, summed from published files
QuantSizeExact bytesEffective bpwTensorsPublisher
I1-IQ1_S0.67 GiB722,962,9762.613mradermacher
I1-IQ1_M0.70 GiB748,205,6002.704mradermacher
I1-IQ2_XXS0.74 GiB790,276,6402.857mradermacher
I1-IQ2_XS0.77 GiB824,719,9042.981mradermacher
I1-IQ2_S0.77 GiB832,092,7043.008mradermacher
I1-IQ2_M0.81 GiB865,749,5363.129mradermacher
I1-IQ3_XXS0.86 GiB927,754,7843.353mradermacher
I1-Q2_K_S0.88 GiB944,164,3843.413mradermacher
Q2_K0.90 GiB968,543,4563.501mradermacher
I1-Q2_K0.90 GiB968,543,7763.501mradermacher
Q3_K_S0.95 GiB1,020,174,5603.688mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_S0.95 GiB1,020,174,8803.688mradermacher
I1-IQ3_XS0.96 GiB1,027,203,6163.713mradermacher
I1-IQ3_S0.98 GiB1,051,091,4883.799mradermacher
I1-IQ3_M0.99 GiB1,059,447,3283.829mradermacher
Q3_K_M1.02 GiB1,099,260,1283.973mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_M1.02 GiB1,099,260,4483.973mradermacher
Q3_K_L1.08 GiB1,164,533,9844.209mradermacher
I1-Q3_K_L1.08 GiB1,164,534,3044.209mradermacher
I1-IQ4_XS1.11 GiB1,195,963,9364.323mradermacher
IQ4_XS1.12 GiB1,201,861,8564.344mradermacher
I1-Q4_01.12 GiB1,204,848,1604.355mradermacher
Q4_K_S1.13 GiB1,212,056,8004.381mradermacher
I1-Q4_K_S1.13 GiB1,212,057,1204.381mradermacher
I1-IQ4_NL1.15 GiB1,231,586,8484.452mradermacher
Q4_K_M1.19 GiB1,274,397,9204.606mradermacher
I1-Q4_K_M1.19 GiB1,274,398,2404.606mradermacher
I1-Q4_11.20 GiB1,288,283,6804.657mradermacher
Q5_K_S1.28 GiB1,374,078,1764.967mradermacher
I1-Q5_K_S1.28 GiB1,374,078,4964.967mradermacher
Q5_K_M1.31 GiB1,411,122,4005.101mradermacher
I1-Q5_K_M1.31 GiB1,411,122,7205.101mradermacher
Q6_K1.45 GiB1,556,392,1605.626mradermacher
I1-Q6_K1.45 GiB1,556,392,4805.626mradermacher
Q8_01.87 GiB2,012,013,7927.273mradermacher
F163.52 GiB3,775,710,43213.648mradermacher

KV cache by context

computed per layer
ContextKV cache (f16)Flat formulaOverstated byFull / windowed / recurrent
4,0960.05 GiB0.19 GiB4.00×6 / 0 / 18
8,1920.09 GiB0.38 GiB4.00×6 / 0 / 18
16,3840.19 GiB0.75 GiB4.00×6 / 0 / 18
32,7680.38 GiB1.50 GiB4.00×6 / 0 / 18
65,5360.75 GiB3.00 GiB4.00×6 / 0 / 18
131,0721.50 GiB6.00 GiB4.00×6 / 0 / 18

18 of 24 layers use linear attention, which keeps a fixed-size recurrent state instead of a per-token cache. Those layers do not grow with context at all — treating them as ordinary attention, as a flat formula does, overstates this model's cache by roughly 4.0× at long context.

Compare with

same modality, comparable size

Will it run on your card?

full quant x context sweep

Why other calculators give a different number

A parameters × bits ÷ 8 estimate puts Q4_K_M at roughly 1.16 GiB. The real file is 1.19 GiB, because a quantization is a mixture and some tensors are always kept at higher precision.

Architecture

from config.json
Layers
24
Attention heads
8
KV heads
2
Head dim
256
Hidden size
2048
Vocab
248,320
Sliding window
none
SWA period
MLA
no
Experts
Experts per token
use_sliding_window

Questions people ask

How much VRAM does Qwen3.5-2B-Claude-4.6-OS-Auto-Variable-HERETIC-UNCENSORED-THINKING need?
Q4_K_M is exactly 1,274,397,920 bytes (1.19 GiB) in weights. Add the KV cache, which depends on your context length, plus roughly half a gigabyte of runtime overhead.
How large is Qwen3.5-2B-Claude-4.6-OS-Auto-Variable-HERETIC-UNCENSORED-THINKING's KV cache?
0.38 GiB at 32K context with an f16 cache, computed per layer. Quantizing the cache to q8_0 roughly halves it, which is often the difference between a context length fitting and not.
Which quantization of Qwen3.5-2B-Claude-4.6-OS-Auto-Variable-HERETIC-UNCENSORED-THINKING should I use?
Q4_K_M is the usual default. Pick the largest quantization that fits your card at the context you actually need — the table above gives exact sizes for every one published.