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Qwen3 30B A3B
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RANKED #87 OF 268 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #142 OF 6,566 · VIBE SCORE 6.2 · 144 VOICES
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 is a 30B parameter Mixture-of-Experts reasoning model optimized for complex tasks requiring extended multi-step thinking. The model is designed specifically for “thinking mode,” where internal reasoning traces ar
HAPPY9.7
29 mentions
SAD5.3
10 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 96 voices
QUIETLY DEGRADING
Recent vibe and chatter are both sliding.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download Qwen3 30B A3B once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
30.5B total parameters with 3.3B active parameters per token, a Q4_K_M quantized file is about 18 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
Desktop PC with 32GB DDR5 system RAM and Nvidia GeForce RTX
12 GB VRAM PLUS 32 GB SYSTEM RAM
~$260 USEDQ4_K_M partial GPU offload, ~20 to 30 tok/s due to 3.3B active parameter compute, 8k context
- SWEET SPOT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 24GB
24 GB VRAM
~$700 USEDQ4_K_M or Q5_K_M fully in VRAM, ~70 to 85 tok/s, 32k context
- FULL POWER
Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra with 64GB Unified Memory
64 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$3100 NEWBF16 / FP16 unquantized or Q8_0, ~45 to 60 tok/s, full 131k context
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN QWEN3 30B A3B?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long Qwen3 30B A3B takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMDesktop PC with 32GB DDR5 system RAM and Nvidia GeForce RTX | SWEET SPOTNvidia GeForce RTX 3090 24GB | FULL POWERApple Mac Studio M2 Ultra with 64GB Unified Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~20 S | ~6 S | ~10 S |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~60 S★★★★★ | ~19 S★★★★★ | ~29 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~5.3 MIN★★★★★ | ~1.7 MIN★★★★★ | ~2.5 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~17 MIN★★★★★ | ~5.4 MIN★★★★★ | ~7.9 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~10 MIN★★★★★ | ~3.2 MIN★★★★★ | ~4.8 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Not enough discussion about Qwen3 30B A3B yet to call it. We found 144 posts but people did not say much either way.
118 POSTS · 26 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · DEV.TO · GITHUB · DEV FORUMS · LEMMY · OTHER FORUMS · BLOG · X
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- No complaints yet. The internet is still looking for one. Suspicious.
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Other models the crowd has fully reviewed, starting with multimodal models like this one.
Grok 4.6
GLM 5.3> SOURCES (12)
- HACKER NEWS · 2025-09-06 · 347 UPVOTESQwen3 30B A3B Hits 13 token/s on 4xRaspberry Pi 5
Qwen3 30B A3B Hits 13 token/s on 4xRaspberry Pi 5
- REDDIT · 2025-07-29 · 150 UPVOTESUnsloth Dynamic 'Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507' GGUFs out now!
Unsloth Dynamic 'Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507' GGUFs out now!
- REDDIT · 2025-08-07 · 124 UPVOTESBest models under 16GB
Best models under 16GB
- REDDIT · 2025-07-30 · 101 UPVOTESUnsloth Dynamic 'Qwen3-30B-A3B-THINKING-2507' GGUFs out now!
Unsloth Dynamic 'Qwen3-30B-A3B-THINKING-2507' GGUFs out now!
- REDDIT · 2025-06-02 · 89 UPVOTES💻 I optimized Qwen3:30B MoE to run on my RTX 3070 laptop at ~24 tok/s - full breakdown inside
💻 I optimized Qwen3:30B MoE to run on my RTX 3070 laptop at ~24 tok/s - full breakdown inside
- REDDIT · 2025-07-30 · 78 UPVOTESqwen3:30b 2507 is out
qwen3:30b 2507 is out
- REDDIT · 2025-08-08 · 70 UPVOTESQwen3-30B-A3B-2507 and Qwen3-235B-A22B-2507 now support ultra-long context—up to 1 million tokens
Qwen3-30B-A3B-2507 and Qwen3-235B-A22B-2507 now support ultra-long context—up to 1 million tokens
- REDDIT · 2025-11-15 · 54 UPVOTESRyzen AI MAX+ 395 - LLM metrics
Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 - LLM metrics
- REDDIT · 2026-07-11 · 52 UPVOTESRunning Qwen3 30B A3B at 50 tok/s on RTX 5060 Ti
Running Qwen3 30B A3B at 50 tok/s on RTX 5060 Ti
- REDDIT · 2025-07-31 · 47 UPVOTESFixes for: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 GGUF.
Fixes for: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 GGUF.
- REDDIT · 2026-07-24 · 46 UPVOTESExtened garlic to run Qwen3.5 35B A3B float8 at 55 tok/s on RTX 5060 Ti
Extened garlic to run Qwen3.5 35B A3B float8 at 55 tok/s on RTX 5060 Ti
- REDDIT · 2025-08-04 · 32 UPVOTESQwen3 30B A3B 2507 series personal experience + Qwen Code doesn't work?
Qwen3 30B A3B 2507 series personal experience + Qwen Code doesn't work?