Qwen3-VL 4B Instruct on UDOO BOLT V8 (8 GB)

Can the UDOO BOLT V8 (8 GB) run Qwen3-VL 4B Instruct?

Yes, it runs well (tight fit)

Runs well (tight fit). At Q2_K it needs about 3.9 GB of 4.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 15.0 tok/s.

Best quant: Q2_K
Generation speed: 15.0 tok/s
Prompt processing: 314 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 3.3 s
Largest safe context: 8K

Best app to run it on the UDOO BOLT V8 (8 GB)

On Windows

Lemonade

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, ONNX Runtime GenAI (Ryzen AI NPU)

AMD’s own app: llama.cpp tuned for Radeon on Vulkan and ROCm.

lemonade pull Qwen/Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct-GGUF:Q2_K

LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
Ollama One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.

On Linux

Lemonade

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, ONNX Runtime GenAI (Ryzen AI NPU)

AMD’s own app: llama.cpp tuned for Radeon on Vulkan and ROCm.

lemonade pull Qwen/Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct-GGUF:Q2_K

LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
Ollama One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download Qwen3-VL 4B Instruct

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run qwen3-vl:4b

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Alibaba, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 37Basic quality (D) · 37 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q2_K, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Runs welltight fit: How well it runs on the UDOO BOLT V8 (8 GB): speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	17.0 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when the model fits in the share of unified memory the GPU can use; fewer when it goes past that limit.	24.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	9.2 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	15.0 / 15
Match score	65.2 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the UDOO BOLT V8 (8 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	3.9 GB	4.0 GB	15.0 tok/s	Runs welltight fit	37Basic quality (D) · 37 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	4.3 GB	4.0 GB	10.0 tok/s	Runs wellover GPU memory limit	45Fair quality (C) · 45 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 52/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	4.8 GB	4.0 GB	7.8 tok/s	Slowfar over GPU memory limit	51Fair quality (C) · 51 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 48/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	5.3 GB	4.0 GB	—	Won't run	52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 7/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	5.8 GB	4.0 GB	—	Won't run	53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 7/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	6.8 GB	4.0 GB	—	Won't run	54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 7/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	11.0 GB	4.0 GB	—	Won't run	54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 7/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER F16 · 43.6 tok/s · Runs great
54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER F16 · 47.7 tok/s · Runs great
54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti F16 · 58.1 tok/s · Runs great
54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 F16 · 62.3 tok/s · Runs great
53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Q6_K · 52.2 tok/s · Runs great
54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Intel Arc B580 Q8_0 · 49.0 tok/s · Runs great

Quick answers

How much memory does Qwen3-VL 4B Instruct need on the UDOO BOLT V8 8GB?

At Q2_K it needs about 3.9 GB. The UDOO BOLT V8 8GB has 4.0 GB usable.

How fast is Qwen3-VL 4B Instruct on the UDOO BOLT V8 8GB?

About 15.0 tok/s at Q2_K, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Qwen3-VL 4B Instruct should I use on the UDOO BOLT V8 8GB?

Q2_K. Of the versions that fit, it is the one that runs best; when two run equally well, the check prefers the higher-rated one.

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.