Qwen 2.5 Coder 1.5B
Smallest Qwen 2.5 Coder. Targets edge / autocomplete on integrated GPUs and Apple Silicon laptops.
Overview
Smallest Qwen 2.5 Coder. Targets edge / autocomplete on integrated GPUs and Apple Silicon laptops.
Family & lineage
How this model relates to others in its lineage. Family members share architecture and training-data roots; parent / children edges record direct distillation or fine-tune relationships.
Strengths
- Apache 2.0
- Edge deployable for code completion
Weaknesses
- Too small for agentic coding
Quantization variants
Each quantization trades model quality for file size and VRAM. Q4_K_M is the most popular starting point.
| Quantization | File size | VRAM required |
|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 1.0 GB | 2 GB |
Get the model
HuggingFace
Original weights
Source repository — direct quantization required.
Hardware that runs this
Cards with enough VRAM for at least one quantization of Qwen 2.5 Coder 1.5B.
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Frequently asked
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Source: huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Instruct
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