Qwen
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
36B parameters · mixture-of-experts · reasoning · Base · Qwen3.6 family
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| Format | Level | Size | Verdict | Est. speed | Quality note | Swarm | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GGUF | IQ4_XS | 16.51 GB | Set your rig | — | Unsloth UD-IQ4_XS quant of Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (35.952B-A3B MoE) — compact low-bit option. Apache-2.0. | 2S / 0L webseed OK | |
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| GGUF | Q8_0 | 34.37 GB | Set your rig | — | Unsloth Q8_0 quant of Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (35.952B-A3B MoE) — high-quality option. Apache-2.0. | 2S / 0L webseed OK |
GGUF · IQ4_XS
16.51 GB
- Est. speed
- —
- Swarm
- 2S / 0L webseed OK
Unsloth UD-IQ4_XS quant of Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (35.952B-A3B MoE) — compact low-bit option. Apache-2.0.
GGUF · Q4_K_M
20.61 GB
- Est. speed
- —
- Swarm
- 2S / 0L webseed OK
Balanced size/quality — good default.
GGUF · Q8_0
34.37 GB
- Est. speed
- —
- Swarm
- 2S / 0L webseed OK
Unsloth Q8_0 quant of Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (35.952B-A3B MoE) — high-quality option. Apache-2.0.
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Context
Advertised 256k · usable ≈ 256k (reported — model card)
How we know
Evidence grade: reported — a maintainer claim with no independent evaluation.
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B model card — observed Jul 18, 2026
Model card: native 262,144, extensible ~1,010,000 via YaRN factor 4. No long-context eval table found on the card or the release README.
Reviewed on Jul 18, 2026.
Run it
Runtime completeness (IQ4_XS torrent): llama.cpp ✅ Ollama – vision sidecar –
- – Ollama — runs the GGUF directly; no Modelfile bundled
- – vision sidecar — not a vision model
Context / KV 8,192 tokens · FP16 set above the quant table
Generic commands (no rig set). GPU-offload values assume the model fits on your GPU — set your rig for values tuned to your hardware.
llama-server -m Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-IQ4_XS.gguf -c 8192 -ngl 999
Use llama-cli in place of llama-server for a one-shot prompt.
FROM ./Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-IQ4_XS.gguf
PARAMETER num_ctx 8192
PARAMETER num_gpu 999
PARAMETER stop "<|im_end|>"
PARAMETER stop "<|endoftext|>"
PARAMETER temperature 1
PARAMETER top_p 0.95
PARAMETER top_k 20
# Chat template: Ollama uses the template embedded in the GGUF (no TEMPLATE directive needed).
ollama create qwen-qwen3-6-35b-a3b -f Modelfile
ollama run qwen-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
GGUF is not a first-class vLLM format.
vLLM GGUF support is experimental and single-file only; prefer safetensors/GPTQ/AWQ for production. If you must, pass the .gguf path to `vllm serve` with --load-format gguf on a recent vLLM.
transformers does not load GGUF weights.
GGUF weights run under llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio.
Load Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-IQ4_XS.gguf, set the context length to 8192 tokens. Set GPU offload to Max (all layers).
MLX runs MLX-format weights only (Apple Silicon). This quant is a GGUF build.
GGUF weights run under llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio.
Technical details
Chat template
{%- set image_count = namespace(value=0) %}
{%- set video_count = namespace(value=0) %}
{%- macro render_content(content, do_vision_count, is_system_content=false) %}
{%- if content is string %}
{{- content }}
{%- elif content is iterable and content is not mapping %}
{%- for item in content %}
{%- if 'image' in item or 'image_url' in item or item.type == 'image' %}
{%- if is_system_content %}
{{- raise_exception('System message cannot contain images.') }}
{%- endif %}
{%- if do_vision_count %}
{%- set image_count.value = image_count.value + 1 %}
{%- endif %}
{%- if add_vision_id %}
{{- 'Picture ' ~ image_count.value ~ ': ' }}
{%- endif %}
{{- '<|vision_start|><|image_pad|><|vision_end|>' }}
{%- elif 'video' in item or item.type == 'video' %}
{%- if is_system_content %}
{{- raise_exception('System message cannot contain videos.') }}
{%- endif %}
{%- if do_vision_count %}
{%- set video_count.value = video_count.value + 1 %}
{%- endif %}
{%- if add_vision_id %}
{{- 'Video ' ~ video_count.value ~ ': ' }}
{%- endif %}
{{- '<|vision_start|><|video_pad|><|vision_end|>' }}
{%- elif 'text' in item %}
{{- item.text }}
{%- else %}
{{- raise_exception('Unexpected item type in content.') }}
{%- endif %}
{%- endfor %}
{%- elif content is none or content is undefined %}
{{- '' }}
{%- else %}
{{- raise_exception('Unexpected content type.') }}
{%- endif %}
{%- endmacro %}
{%- if not messages %}
{{- raise_exception('No messages provided.') }}
{%- endif %}
{%- if tools and tools is iterable and tools is not mapping %}
{{- '<|im_start|>system\n' }}
{{- "# Tools\n\nYou have access to the following functions:\n\n<tools>" }}
{%- for tool in tools %}
{{- "\n" }}
{{- tool | tojson }}
{%- endfor %}
{{- "\n</tools>" }}
{{- '\n\nIf you choose to call a function ONLY reply in the following format with NO suffix:\n\n<tool_call>\n<function=example_function_name>\n<parameter=example_parameter_1>\nvalue_1\n</parameter>\n<parameter=example_parameter_2>\nThis is the value for the second parameter\nthat can span\nmultiple lines\n</parameter>\n</function>\n</tool_call>\n\n<IMPORTANT>\nReminder:\n- Function calls MUST follow the specified format: an inner <function=...></function> block must be nested within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags\n- Required parameters MUST be specified\n- You may provide optional reasoning for your function call in natural language BEFORE the function call, but NOT after\n- If there is no function call available, answer the question like normal with your current knowledge and do not tell the user about function calls\n</IMPORTANT>' }}
{%- if messages[0].role == 'system' %}
{%- set content = render_content(messages[0].content, false, true)|trim %}
{%- if content %}
{{- '\n\n' + content }}
{%- endif %}
{%- endif %}
{{- '<|im_end|>\n' }}
{%- else %}
{%- if messages[0].role == 'system' %}
{%- set content = render_content(messages[0].content, false, true)|trim %}
{{- '<|im_start|>system\n' + content + '<|im_end|>\n' }}
{%- endif %}
{%- endif %}
{%- set ns = namespace(multi_step_tool=true, last_query_index=messages|length - 1) %}
{%- for message in messages[::-1] %}
{%- set index = (messages|length - 1) - loop.index0 %}
{%- if ns.multi_step_tool and message.role == "user" %}
{%- set content = render_content(message.content, false)|trim %}
{%- if not(content.startswith('<tool_response>') and content.endswith('</tool_response>')) %}
{%- set ns.multi_step_tool = false %}
{%- set ns.last_query_index = index %}
{%- endif %}
{%- endif %}
{%- endfor %}
{%- if ns.multi_step_tool %}
{{- raise_exception('No user query found in messages.') }}
{%- endif %}
{%- for message in messages %}
{%- set content = render_content(message.content, true)|trim %}
{%- if message.role == "system" %}
{%- if not loop.first %}
{{- raise_exception('System message must be at the beginning.') }}
{%- endif %}
{%- elif message.role == "user" %}
{{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n' + content + '<|im_end|>' + '\n' }}
{%- elif message.role == "assistant" %}
{%- set reasoning_content = '' %}
{%- if message.reasoning_content is string %}
{%- set reasoning_content = message.reasoning_content %}
{%- else %}
{%- if '</think>' in content %}
{%- set reasoning_content = content.split('</think>')[0].rstrip('\n').split('<think>')[-1].lstrip('\n') %}
{%- set content = content.split('</think>')[-1].lstrip('\n') %}
{%- endif %}
{%- endif %}
{%- set reasoning_content = reasoning_content|trim %}
{%- if (preserve_thinking is defined and preserve_thinking is true) or (loop.index0 > ns.last_query_index) %}
{{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n<think>\n' + reasoning_content + '\n</think>\n\n' + content }}
{%- else %}
{{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n' + content }}
{%- endif %}
{%- if message.tool_calls and message.tool_calls is iterable and message.tool_calls is not mapping %}
{%- for tool_call in message.tool_calls %}
{%- if tool_call.function is defined %}
{%- set tool_call = tool_call.function %}
{%- endif %}
{%- if loop.first %}
{%- if content|trim %}
{{- '\n\n<tool_call>\n<function=' + tool_call.name + '>\n' }}
{%- else %}
{{- '<tool_call>\n<function=' + tool_call.name + '>\n' }}
{%- endif %}
{%- else %}
{{- '\n<tool_call>\n<function=' + tool_call.name + '>\n' }}
{%- endif %}
{%- if tool_call.arguments is defined %}
{%- for args_name, args_value in tool_call.arguments|items %}
{{- '<parameter=' + args_name + '>\n' }}
{%- set args_value = args_value | string if args_value is string else args_value | tojson | safe %}
{{- args_value }}
{{- '\n</parameter>\n' }}
{%- endfor %}
{%- endif %}
{{- '</function>\n</tool_call>' }}
{%- endfor %}
{%- endif %}
{{- '<|im_end|>\n' }}
{%- elif message.role == "tool" %}
{%- if loop.previtem and loop.previtem.role != "tool" %}
{{- '<|im_start|>user' }}
{%- endif %}
{{- '\n<tool_response>\n' }}
{{- content }}
{{- '\n</tool_response>' }}
{%- if not loop.last and loop.nextitem.role != "tool" %}
{{- '<|im_end|>\n' }}
{%- elif loop.last %}
{{- '<|im_end|>\n' }}
{%- endif %}
{%- else %}
{{- raise_exception('Unexpected message role.') }}
{%- endif %}
{%- endfor %}
{%- if add_generation_prompt %}
{{- '<|im_start|>assistant\n' }}
{%- if enable_thinking is defined and enable_thinking is false %}
{{- '<think>\n\n</think>\n\n' }}
{%- else %}
{{- '<think>\n' }}
{%- endif %}
{%- endif %}
Sampling defaults
- top_k
- 20
- top_p
- 0.95
- temperature
- 1
Stop strings
<|im_end|>
<|endoftext|>
Evidence & provenance
Source
- Provenance
- https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
- Revision pin
-
995ad96eacd98c81ed38be0c5b274b04031597b0 - Manifest
- Present
License
- Name
- apache-2.0
- Commercial use
- yes
- Access
- Open
File hashes (SHA-256)
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qwen3.6-35b-a3b-iq4-xs/LICENSE
832dd9e00a68dd83b3c3fb9f5588dad7dcf337a0db50f7d9483f310cd292e92e -
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-iq4-xs/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-IQ4_XS.gguf
649d7508507b84638732c4f52c24c8b15843c6dca2f3ff793ae07c14a67ebbb3 -
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-iq4-xs/README.md
1aabbfa45b14118f4e11a0c107f6789625afb6f4227ff82efc45cdb27acc3a6f -
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-q4-k-m/LICENSE
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qwen3.6-35b-a3b-q4-k-m/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_M.gguf
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qwen3.6-35b-a3b-q4-k-m/README.md
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qwen3.6-35b-a3b-q8-0/LICENSE
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qwen3.6-35b-a3b-q8-0/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-Q8_0.gguf
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qwen3.6-35b-a3b-q8-0/README.md
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