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Qwen 3.5 (9B)

The best small Qwen 3.5 for everyday use. Strong reasoning, coding and chat at 9B scale with hybrid thinking mode and 256K context. Runs on 8-16 GB RAM. Great for Mac Mini M4 Pro. Apache 2.0.

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Parameters
9B
Minimum RAM
8 GB
Model size
6 GB
Quantization
Q4_K_M

Can Qwen 3.5 (9B) run locally?

Qwen 3.5 (9B) 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: qwen3.5-9b

Hugging Face repository: unsloth/Qwen3.5-9B-GGUF

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Strengths

  • The best small Qwen 3.5 for everyday use. Strong reasoning, coding and chat at 9B scale with hybrid thinking mode and 256K context. Runs on 8-16 GB RAM. Great for Mac Mini M4 Pro. Apache 2.0.

Limitations

  • Performance depends heavily on quantization, RAM bandwidth and runtime support.

Best use cases

  • chat
  • code
  • reasoning
  • general

Benchmarks

Speed: 8/10

Quality: 7/10

Coding: 7/10

Reasoning: 7/10

Technical details

Developer: qwen

License: See model repository

Context window: Unknown tokens

Architecture: See model card

Released: 2026-03