Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2
Side-by-side comparison of VRAM requirements, quantization, context length, and hardware compatibility.
Specifications
| Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.5B | 14.8B |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration | Qwen2ForCausalLM |
| License | lgpl-3.0 | — |
| Downloads | 1.4K | 361 |
| Released | Mar 2026 | Jul 2025 |
VRAM by Quantization: Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2
| Quantization | Bits | Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic VRAM | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2 VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 3.40 | 2.4 GB | 7.0 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 3.90 | 2.7 GB | 7.9 GB |
| Q3_K_S | 3.50 | 2.5 GB | 7.2 GB |
| Q4_0 | 4.00 | — | 8.1 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 4.80 | 3.2 GB | 9.6 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 5.70 | 3.7 GB | 11.2 GB |
| Q6_K | 6.60 | 4.2 GB | 12.9 GB |
| Q8_0 | 8.00 | 5.0 GB | 15.5 GB |
Verdict
Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic needs less VRAM at Q4_K_M (3.2 GB vs 9.6 GB), so it fits on smaller GPUs. Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic supports a longer context window (262K tokens). Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic is the more widely downloaded of the two.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which needs less VRAM, Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic or DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2?
At Q4_K_M, Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic needs 3.2 GB and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2 needs 9.6 GB, so Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic is the lighter option to run locally.
- Which has a longer context window, Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic or DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2?
Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic supports 262,144 tokens and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2 supports 131,072 tokens.
- What is the difference between Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2?
Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic is a 4.5B model from ghost-actual (Qwen family), while DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B Abliterated v2 is a 14.8B model from huihui-ai (Qwen family). Compare their VRAM requirements above to see which fits your GPU or Mac.