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Qwen3-0.6B

by Qwen Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B

Qwen3 is the latest generation of large language models in Qwen series, offering a comprehensive suite of dense and mixture-of-experts (MoE) models.

Parameters752M
Context40,960
Weights1.5 GB
Licenseapache-2.0
AccessOpen weights
Monthly Downloads22.5M

Runs On

What it takes to serve Qwen3-0.6B (752M parameters): the memory its weights need at each precision, and the cheapest way to rent enough data-center GPUs to hold them.

PrecisionWeightsMemory neededCheapest setupPer hourAlso fits
16-bit 1.5 GB 1.8 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
8-bit 0.8 GB 0.9 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
4-bit 0.4 GB 0.5 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00

Memory is the weights at that precision plus 20% for the runtime and a short context; a long context needs more. Prices are the lowest on-demand hourly rates in the SAVRN Index, read Sep 18, 2026.

Model Card

By Qwen, published under apache-2.0, revision c1899de289a0.

Qwen3 Highlights

Qwen3 is the latest generation of large language models in Qwen series, offering a comprehensive suite of dense and mixture-of-experts (MoE) models. Built upon extensive training, Qwen3 delivers groundbreaking advancements in reasoning, instruction-following, agent capabilities, and multilingual support, with the following key features:

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Configuration

Architecture
Qwen3ForCausalLM
Context length (tokens)
40,960
Layers
28
Hidden size
1,024
Feed-forward size
3,072
Attention heads
16
Key/value heads
8
Head dimension
128
Vocabulary size
151,936
RoPE base
1,000,000
Stored precision
bfloat16
Model type
qwen3

Identity and Version

Repository
Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B
Publisher
Qwen
Task
Text generation
Modality
Text
Library
transformers
Parameters
752M parameters
Languages
Not stated by the source
Revision
c1899de289a04d12100db370d81485cdf75e47ca
First published
2025-04-27
Last updated
2025-07-26

Files and Weights

10 files, 1.5 GB in total. The weights are 1 file totalling 1.5 GB in safetensors.

Weights1 file · 1.5 GB
Configuration2 files · 965 B
Tokenizer4 files · 15.9 MB
Documentation2 files · 25.3 KB
Repository1 file · 1.6 KB
Every file
FileTypeSizeSHA-256
model.safetensorsWeights1.5 GB f47f71177f32
config.jsonConfiguration726 B
generation_config.jsonConfiguration239 B
LICENSEDocumentation11.3 KB
README.mdDocumentation14.0 KB
.gitattributesRepository1.6 KB
merges.txtTokenizer1.7 MB
tokenizer.jsonTokenizer11.4 MB aeb13307a71a
tokenizer_config.jsonTokenizer9.7 KB
vocab.jsonTokenizer2.8 MB

License and Download

License
apache-2.0
Access
Open weights, no gate
Download size
1.5 GB
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Built From

Memory Requirements

PrecisionWeights in memory
As published1.5 GB
16-bit1.5 GB
8-bit0.8 GB
4-bit0.4 GB

Weights only, from the published parameter count; the key-value cache and runtime add to this.

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Questions About Qwen3-0.6B

How much GPU memory does Qwen3-0.6B need?

About 1.8 GB at 16-bit and 0.5 GB at 4-bit: the weights (752M parameters) plus a working margin. A long context needs more.

What is the cheapest GPU to run Qwen3-0.6B on?

At 16-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour; at 4-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.

Can I use Qwen3-0.6B commercially?

Yes. Qwen3-0.6B is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.

What is Qwen3-0.6B's context length?

40,960 tokens, from the maximum position embeddings in its published configuration.

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