Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic vs Qwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled

Side-by-side comparison of VRAM requirements, quantization, context length, and hardware compatibility.

Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic

ghost-actual · 4.5B

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Specifications

Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled HereticQwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled
Parameters4.5B4.7B
Context262K262K
ArchitectureQwen3_5ForConditionalGenerationQwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Licenselgpl-3.0Apache 2.0
Downloads1.4K2.7K
ReleasedMar 2026Mar 2026

VRAM by Quantization: Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic vs Qwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled

QuantizationBitsQwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic VRAMQwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled VRAM
Q2_K3.402.4 GB2.5 GB
Q3_K_L4.102.8 GB2.9 GB
Q3_K_M3.902.7 GB2.7 GB
Q3_K_S3.502.5 GB2.5 GB
Q4_K_M4.803.2 GB3.3 GB
Q4_K_S4.503.0 GB3.1 GB
Q5_K_M5.703.7 GB3.8 GB
Q5_K_S5.503.6 GB3.7 GB
Q6_K6.604.2 GB4.3 GB
Q8_08.005.0 GB5.1 GB

Verdict

Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic needs less VRAM at Q4_K_M (3.2 GB vs 3.3 GB), so it fits on smaller GPUs. Qwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled 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 Qwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled?

At Q4_K_M, Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic needs 3.2 GB and Qwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled needs 3.3 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 Qwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled?

Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic supports 262,144 tokens and Qwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled supports 262,144 tokens.

What is the difference between Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic and Qwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled?

Qwen3.5 4B Claude Opus 4.6 Distilled Heretic is a 4.5B model from ghost-actual (Qwen family), while Qwen3.5 4B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled is a 4.7B model from Jackrong (Qwen family). Compare their VRAM requirements above to see which fits your GPU or Mac.