Qwen3.6 27B Fits Into 12GB VRAM
immersive-matthew · reddit · 2026-07-15
A Reddit post introduces a new Ternary version that compresses Qwen3.6 27B to a smaller size, allowing it to run locally on 12GB VRAM GPUs.
- The author states this Bonsai 27B version is updated from Qwen3.6 27B, featuring a smaller file size and significantly reduced memory usage, officially requiring only about 1/10 of the original FP16 model's memory.
- The tradeoff is slightly increased computational overhead, but it reportedly retains around 95% of the original model's benchmark performance.
- The post also mentions that the Binary version is small enough to fit into mobile devices and includes a YouTube tutorial to help users easily deploy it locally.
Related event: Bonsai 27B: The first 27B model that runs on phones(15 posts)→
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