Qwen2.5 Coder 7B — Hardware Requirements & GPU Compatibility
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Qwen2.5 Coder 7B is a 7.6-billion parameter code-specialized base (pretrained) model from Alibaba Cloud's Qwen 2.5 Coder series. It is trained on a large dataset of source code and natural language but is not instruction-tuned, making it suitable for fine-tuning, code-related research, and custom downstream applications. The model supports a 128K token context window and runs efficiently on consumer GPUs. It serves as the foundation for the Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct variant and community fine-tunes targeting specific programming languages or workflows. Released under the Apache 2.0 license.
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- Publisher
- Alibaba
- Family
- Qwen 2.5
- Parameters
- 7.6B
- Architecture
- Qwen2ForCausalLM
- Context Length
- 32,768 tokens
- Vocabulary Size
- 152,064
- Release Date
- 2024-11-18
- License
- Apache 2.0
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How Much VRAM Does Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Need?
Select a quantization to see compatible GPUs below.
| Quantization | Bits | VRAM | + Context | File Size | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 4.80 | 5.0 GB | 6.8 GB | 4.57 GB | 4-bit medium quantization — most popular sweet spot |
Which GPUs Can Run Qwen2.5 Coder 7B?
Q4_K_M · 5.0 GBQwen2.5 Coder 7B (Q4_K_M) requires 5.0 GB of VRAM to load the model weights. For comfortable inference with headroom for KV cache and system overhead, 7+ GB is recommended. Using the full 33K context window can add up to 1.8 GB, bringing total usage to 6.8 GB. 35 GPUs can run it, including NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
Runs great
— Plenty of headroomWhich Devices Can Run Qwen2.5 Coder 7B?
Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB33 devices with unified memory can run Qwen2.5 Coder 7B, including NVIDIA DGX H100, NVIDIA DGX A100 640GB.
Runs great
— Plenty of headroomRelated Models
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How much VRAM does Qwen2.5 Coder 7B need?
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B requires 5.0 GB of VRAM at Q4_K_M. Full 33K context adds up to 1.8 GB (6.8 GB total).
VRAM = Weights + KV Cache + Overhead
Weights = 7.6B × 4.8 bits ÷ 8 = 4.6 GB
KV Cache + Overhead ≈ 0.4 GB (at 2K context + ~0.3 GB framework)
KV Cache + Overhead ≈ 2.2 GB (at full 33K context)
VRAM usage by quantization
Q4_K_M5.0 GBQ4_K_M + full context6.8 GB- Can I run Qwen2.5 Coder 7B on a Mac?
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B requires at least 5.0 GB at Q4_K_M, which exceeds the unified memory of most consumer Macs. You would need a Mac Studio or Mac Pro with a high-memory configuration.
- Can I run Qwen2.5 Coder 7B locally?
Yes — Qwen2.5 Coder 7B can run locally on consumer hardware. At Q4_K_M quantization it needs 5.0 GB of VRAM. Popular tools include Ollama, LM Studio, and llama.cpp.
- How fast is Qwen2.5 Coder 7B?
At Q4_K_M, Qwen2.5 Coder 7B can reach ~584 tok/s on AMD Instinct MI300X. On NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090: ~131 tok/s. Speed depends mainly on GPU memory bandwidth. Real-world results typically within ±20%.
tok/s = (bandwidth GB/s ÷ model GB) × efficiency
Example: AMD Instinct MI300X → 5300 ÷ 5.0 × 0.55 = ~584 tok/s
Estimated speed at Q4_K_M (5.0 GB)
AMD Instinct MI300X~584 tok/sNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090~131 tok/sNVIDIA H100 SXM~437 tok/sAMD Instinct MI250X~361 tok/sReal-world results typically within ±20%. Speed depends on batch size, quantization kernel, and software stack.
- What's the download size of Qwen2.5 Coder 7B?
At Q4_K_M, the download is about 4.57 GB.