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Qwen 3 Coder (8B)

Qwen coding specialist with long context. Great for agentic coding tasks. 477K downloads.

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Parameters

Minimum RAM

8 GB

Model size

5 GB

Quantization

Q4_K_M

Can Qwen 3 Coder (8B) run locally?

Qwen 3 Coder (8B) is best suited for entry-level laptops and desktops. LocalClaw recommends Q4_K_M as the default quantization, with at least 8 GB RAM.

Search term for LM Studio or compatible runtimes: qwen3-coder-8b

Hugging Face repository: Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-8B-GGUF

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Strengths

256K context for huge codebases
Agentic coding specialist
Apache 2.0
477K downloads

Limitations

Coding specialist — limited general chat
New model
Needs 8GB+ RAM

Best use cases

Agentic coding
Code generation
Large codebase analysis
Automated development

Benchmarks

Speed: 8/10

Quality: 7/10

Coding: 9/10

Reasoning: 7/10

Technical details

Developer: Alibaba Cloud (Qwen Team)

License: Apache 2.0

Context window: 262,144 tokens

Architecture: Transformer fine-tuned for agentic coding

Released: 2025-07