01What it can do
- Designed for step-by-step reasoning
- Massive context up to 262K tokens
- Lightweight: ~6 GB VRAM in Q4, fits on an 8 GB GPU
- Permissive Apache 2.0 license
- —Community fine-tune: limited track record and few public benchmarks
- —No Ollama tag — install via HuggingFace
04Install
Install Ollama for your OS. Check the model and its quantization before downloading. Start with 4096 tokens of context, then check placement with ollama ps. A command below is not proof that a test was run on your machine.
02Required memory
Approximate GPU VRAM required to run this model, including 4k tokens of context overhead. For a longer context, add ~1 GB per 8k-token increment.
What hardware do you need for IOL-AI Qwen3.5 9B Reasoning v2?
To run IOL-AI Qwen3.5 9B Reasoning v2 locally with Q4 quantization, you need about 6 GB of VRAM. An option to compare: RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (ASUS Prime) — leave some headroom for the system and context; check engine compatibility with the GPU.
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03Expected speed
Tokens generated per second in Q4_K_M, 4k context. Beyond 20 t/s, reading is comfortable. Below 10 t/s, that's just for testing.