can you run Qwen3-Coder locally? The VRAM you need for each variant (2026)

From an 8GB laptop card to a 24GB desktop, here's exactly which Qwen3-Coder you can run — and why 24GB is the sweet spot for a genuinely good local…

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Lena Fischer · AI & Local Compute Editor

Qwen3-Coder VRAM, by variant

8B → 8GB GPU — light autocomplete and small tasks.

Qwen3-Coder VRAM, by variant

30B-A3B → ~18GB combined; ideal fully in VRAM on 24GB.

Qwen3-Coder VRAM, by variant

32B → 24GB at Q4_K_M — the quality pick for multi-file work.

Qwen3-Coder VRAM, by variant

480B-A35B → multi-GPU server — not a home model.

Qwen3-Coder VRAM, by variant

Sweet spot: 24GB — runs the 30B-A3B or 32B well, with context headroom.

Qwen3-Coder VRAM, by variant

Big context costs VRAM — Qwen3-Coder's 256K context grows the KV cache.

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