Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B Instruct
Coding-specialized Qwen 2.5 at 7B. The 8-12GB-VRAM coding model — entry-tier autocomplete + IDE assistant. Smaller sibling of the 14B / 32B Coder line.
Overview
Coding-specialized Qwen 2.5 at 7B. The 8-12GB-VRAM coding model — entry-tier autocomplete + IDE assistant. Smaller sibling of the 14B / 32B Coder line.
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
- Fits comfortably in 8GB VRAM at Q4_K_M
- 60-80 tok/s autocomplete on consumer 12-16GB GPUs
Weaknesses
- Trails 14B / 32B on multi-file refactoring
- Smaller context coverage than larger siblings
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 | 4.7 GB | 6 GB |
| Q6_K | 6.3 GB | 8 GB |
Get the model
Ollama
One-line install
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:7bRead our Ollama review →HuggingFace
Original weights
Source repository — direct quantization required.
Benchmarks
Real measurements on real hardware. Numbers ship with the runner version, quant, and date.
| Hardware | Provenance | Quant | Ctx | Tokens / sec | VRAM | TTFT | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 16GB (Mobile)(Ollama) | EditorialM | Q4_K_M | 8K | 79.4tok/s | — | — | May 10, 26 |
What to do next
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Hardware that runs this
Cards with enough VRAM for at least one quantization of Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B Instruct.
Frequently asked
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Source: huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct
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