How much VRAM does Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking need?

About 21.4 GB at Q4, 37.2 GB at Q8 and 69.5 GB at FP16. These are estimates from the 30B parameter count, covering weights plus about 15% and 0.5 GB for a short context.

Can Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking run on a 24 GB, 16 GB, 12 GB or 8 GB GPU?

Yes on 24 GB: it fits at Q4 with an estimated 21.4 GB. No on 16 GB, 12 GB and 8 GB: none of them fit at Q4, Q8 or FP16 (estimate).

Can Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking run on a Mac with unified memory?

Yes. Q4 needs an estimated 21.4 GB, and assuming macOS lets the GPU use about 75% of unified memory, the smallest common Mac memory size that fits Q4 is 32 GB.

Can I self-host Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking for full control of my data?

Yes. The model has open weights, so you can self-host it for full control of your data.

What is the context window of Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking, and how long can its output be?

The context window is 66K tokens (65,536) and the maximum output is 16K tokens (16,384).

Can Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking read images, audio, video or PDFs?

It reads text, image, video and audio. PDF support is not listed.

Does Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking support tool calling?

Yes, tool calling (function calling) is supported.

Does Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking have a reasoning or thinking mode?

Yes, a reasoning mode is supported.

What are the closest alternatives to Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking?

Closest alternatives, matched on model kind and release date with no comparable price: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking by Baidu, Apertus 70B by Swiss AI and Apertus 8B by Swiss AI.

What is the difference between Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking and Qwen3 235B-A22B?

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking has a 66K token context (65,536) and was released on September 22, 2025. Qwen3 235B-A22B has a 131K token context (131,072) and was released on April 28, 2025.

Is Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking open source or open weights?

It has open weights, released under the Apache-2.0 license.

Can I use Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking commercially?

Yes. The Apache 2.0 license is permissive and allows commercial use.

Who made Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking and when was it released?

Qwen made it, and it was released on September 22, 2025.

Is Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking free to use?

Yes, the model has open weights.

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking

Alibaba

Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking

Developer	Alibaba
Release date	September 22, 2025
Family	Qwen
Generation	Qwen 3
Size class
Context window	66K tokens
Max output	16K tokens
Input	Text, image, video, audio
Output	Text
Weights	Open weights
License	Apache-2.0
Website	alibabagroup.com
Links	Model card Hugging Face

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Context: 66Ktokens
Released: 1y ago
Size: 30Bparameters

Multimodal reasoning model accepting text, images, video, and audio with text output

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Additional source evidence

Source model: alibaba/qwen3-omni-30b-a3b-thinking
Source family: qwen
Last updated: 2025-09-22
Model context: 66K
Model output limit: 16K
Open weights: Yes
File attachments: Yes
Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Temperature control: Yes

Downloadable weights

Hugging Face

Complete source record (JSON)

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