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Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct quants, ranked

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  1. GGUF · Q8_0
    15.81 GB

    Effectively lossless in community experience — the closest you get to the original model, at the largest practical GGUF size.

    Note: mradermacher Q8_0 quant of Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct (16.408B-A3B vision-language MoE) — modality-lane high-quality rung; bundled mmproj-f16 required for vision. DR-21. MIT.

  2. GGUF · Q4_K_M Community default
    9.82 GB

    The community default: minor quality loss versus Q5/Q6, usually unnoticeable outside edge tasks, at a much smaller size.

    Note: mradermacher Q4_K_M quant of Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct (16.408B-A3B vision-language MoE) — modality-lane lead rung; bundled mmproj-Q8_0 required for vision. DR-21. MIT.

  3. GGUF · IQ4_XS
    8.15 GB

    An i-quant that packs 4-bit weights tighter than Q4_K_S — similar quality in community reports and a smaller file, though slightly heavier to decode on some runtimes.

    Note: mradermacher IQ4_XS quant of Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct (16.408B-A3B vision-language MoE) — modality-lane low-bit rung; bundled mmproj-Q8_0 required for vision. DR-21. MIT.

Verdicts and sizes match this model's page exactly. Speeds are roofline estimates (a range, not a promise). Quality notes reflect community experience, not measured benchmarks.