Qwen 3.5 35B A3B needs ~26.9 GB VRAM. Radeon Pro W7800 32GB has 32.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~47 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Tight fit
Decode
47.0 tok/s
TTFT
4122 ms
Safe context
72K
Memory
26.9 GB / 32.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | S | Runs well | 47.0 tok/s | 2248 ms | 72K |
| Coding | S | Tight fit | 47.0 tok/s | 4122 ms | 72K |
| Agentic Coding | S | Tight fit | 47.0 tok/s | 5996 ms | 72K |
| Reasoning | S | Tight fit | 47.0 tok/s | 4872 ms | 72K |
| RAG | S | Tight fit | 47.0 tok/s | 7495 ms | 72K |
Inference speed
Estimated decode speed (tokens/sec) for Qwen 3.5 35B A3B at Q4_K_M across popular GPUs and Apple Silicon, using the fastest local runtime per device. Fastest is RTX 5090 32GB at ~139 tok/s. Speed is memory-bandwidth bound, so cards that fit the whole model in VRAM run far faster than ones that offload to system RAM.
| GPU / Mac | Memory | Quant | Speed (tok/s) | Fits? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 GB | Q4_K_M | 139.4 | Tight | |
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB | 256 GB | Q4_K_M | 100.1 | Fits |
Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 83.4 | Fits |
Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 79.1 | Fits |
| 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 71.1 | Heavy offload | |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 61.8 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 61.8 | Fits |
RX 7900 XTX 24GB | 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 60.0 | Heavy offload |
| 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 56.9 | Heavy offload | |
MacBook Pro M3 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 47.4 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 43.5 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB | 48 GB | Q4_K_M | 41.5 | Tight |
| 16 GB | Q4_K_M | 25.2 | Too big | |
| 12 GB | Q4_K_M | 8.8 | Too big | |
| 12 GB | Q4_K_M | 5.2 | Too big | |
| 8 GB | Q4_K_M | 4.4 | Too big |
Estimates for single-stream decoding at Q4_K_M; real tokens/sec varies with prompt length, context, batch size, and runtime build. Prompt processing (prefill) is faster than the decode figures shown here.
How Qwen 3.5 35B A3B (35B params) fits at each quantization level on Radeon Pro W7800 32GB (32.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 13.7 GB | Low | S90 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 17.2 GB | Low | S91 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 19.6 GB | Medium | S91 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 21.3 GB | Medium | S90 |
Q5_K_MBest for your GPU | 5 | 25.2 GB | High | S90 |
Q6_K | 6 | 28.7 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 37.5 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 71.8 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run Qwen 3.5 35B A3B on your machine.
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ollama run qwen3.5:35b-a3bYes, Radeon Pro W7800 32GB can run Qwen 3.5 35B A3B with a S grade (Tight fit). Expected decode speed: 47.0 tok/s.
Qwen 3.5 35B A3B (35B parameters) requires approximately 26.9 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Qwen 3.5 35B A3B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On Radeon Pro W7800 32GB, Qwen 3.5 35B A3B achieves approximately 47.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 4122ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Qwen 3.5 35B A3B on Radeon Pro W7800 32GB receives a S grade with 47.0 tok/s and 72K context.
On Radeon Pro W7800 32GB, Qwen 3.5 35B A3B can safely use up to 72K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 131K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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