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Best GPU for Qwen 3.5 9B

Ranked recommendations from the 42-GPU catalog for running Qwen 3.5 9B (9B params). Top picks by quality, then by cost.

Top picks.

$ ./rank --by quality
Tightest budget
RTX 3070
8GB · runs at Q4_K_M
5.1 GB weights · 0.49 GB headroom
Best quality
RTX 3090
24GB · runs at FP16/BF16
smallest card supporting the best available quant
Apple Silicon
M2 Max 64
64GB · runs at FP16/BF16
smallest M-series that fits
Datacenter (FP16 ambition)
H100 80GB
80GB · runs at FP16/BF16
best-quality datacenter card that fits

Full ranked list.

$ ./vrambudget --rank qwen-3-5-9b
GPUVRAMBest quantWeights at 15% safetyFit
nvidiaRTX 309024GBFP16/BF16
18fitsnvidiaRTX 3090 Ti24GBFP16/BF16
18fitsnvidiaRTX 409024GBFP16/BF16
18fitsamdRX 7900 XTX24GBFP16/BF16
18fitsintelArc Pro B6024GBFP16/BF16
18fitsnvidiaRTX 509032GBFP16/BF16
18fitsnvidiaRTX A600048GBFP16/BF16
18fitsnvidiaRTX 6000 Ada48GBFP16/BF16
18fitsnvidiaL40S48GBFP16/BF16
18fitsamdRadeon Pro W790048GBFP16/BF16
18fitsappleM2 Max 6464GBFP16/BF16
18fitsappleM3 Max 6464GBFP16/BF16
18fitsappleM4 Pro 6464GBFP16/BF16
18fitsappleM5 Pro 6464GBFP16/BF16
18fitsnvidiaH100 80GB80GBFP16/BF16
18fitsappleM3 Max 9696GBFP16/BF16
18fitsnvidiaRTX Pro 600096GBFP16/BF16
18fitsappleM4 Max 128128GBFP16/BF16
18fits

Next steps.

$ ./next
$ checkCan I run Qwen 3.5 9B?see all quants →full quant matrix$ tuneTune the mathopen calculator →/calc?model=qwen-3-5-9b

Discussion.

$ gh discussion list

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