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Ling 2.6 1T

1T/50B-active MoE, MIT, hybrid MLA + Linear Attention, 256k ctx. Intelligence Index 34, open non-reasoning leader. Released April 23, 2026.

🇨🇳 Ant Group / inclusionAI·License MIT·Context 256k tokens·Output April 23, 2026← Catalog

01What it can do

Strengths
  • Permissive MIT license
  • Intelligence Index 34 (top open non-reasoning)
  • 256k long context
  • Efficient hybrid attention
  • Mature agentic workflows and tool calling
Limitations to know
  • —Required datacenter hardware (~600 GB Q4 VRAM)
  • —No Ollama tag (HF weights only)
  • —Not a reasoning model
Architecture
BailingMoeV2.5 · MoE 1T total / 50B active · 256 top-8 experts + 1 shared · 80 layers · hybrid MLA + Linear Attention · 256k ctx
Training
Ling 2.6 family (Ant Group). Contextual Process Redundancy Suppression and 'Fast Thinking' strategies reduce token overhead. Tool-call parser compatible with Qwen2.5.
Ideal for
Open chat frontierLong contextTool-calling agents

05Install

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.

$# HuggingFace : inclusionAI/Ling-2.6-1T
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First download: between 2 and 40 GB depending on the selected quantization. Plan for sufficient disk space; a stable connection is recommended. Subsequent launches are instant.

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.

Q4_K_M
The lightest, ~5% loss
580 GB
Q5_K_M
Good quality/size compromise
710 GB
Q8_0
Nearly indistinguishable from FP16
1070 GB
FP16
Full precision — server use
2000 GB
Fallback CPU · If you don't have a GPU, allow 700 GB of RAM minimum to run this model at reduced speed.

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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.

Entry-level
~1t/s
GTX 1650, RX 6600, MBA M2 8GB
Mid-range
~4t/s
RTX 4060, 4070, MBP M3 Pro
High-end
~12t/s
RTX 4090, M4 Max, Radeon 7900

04Public benchmarks

Scores reproduced from model cards or MMLU-Pro / community sources. Unit: % correct answers.

AA Intelligence Index
34