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Can I run Qwen3-Embedding 0.6B locally?

Alibaba · 0.6B parameters · embedding.

Ollama weight files: Q8_0 0.64 GB (qwen3-embedding:0.6b).

Yes on 62 machines in this list. The smallest is M1 8GB: Q8_0, about 1.2 GB, via Ollama. ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b

DGX Spark 128GB: Q8_0, ~1.2 GB, fits in fast memory — ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b
Mac Studio M5 Max 128GB: Q8_0, ~1.2 GB, fits in fast memory — ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB: Q8_0, ~1.2 GB, fits in fast memory — ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b

Setup on DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)

Ollama: ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b
LM Studio: lms get Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B-GGUF@Q8_0
llama.cpp: llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B-GGUF:Q8_0 --embeddings -c 32768
vLLM: vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B --task embed --gpu-memory-utilization 0.9

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Hardware that fits

Hardware	Runtime	Quant	Memory	Fit	Use	Command
M1 8GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M2 8GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M3 8GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 3070 8GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 4060 8GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RX 7600 8GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 3080 10GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M1 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M2 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M3 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M4 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 3060 12GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 4070 12GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 5070 12GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 4060 Ti 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 4080 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 5080 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RX 7800 XT 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RX 9070 XT 16GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M2 24GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M3 24GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M4 24GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 3090 24GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 4090 24GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RX 7900 XTX 24GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M1 Pro 32GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M2 Pro 32GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M4 32GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M3 Pro 36GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
RTX 5090 32GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M4 Pro 48GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 48GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M1 Max 64GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M2 Max 64GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M3 Max 64GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M4 Max 64GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 64GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
DGX Spark 64GB (ASUS, Dell, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M3 Max 128GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M4 Max 128GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 128GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
M2 Ultra 192GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
2x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GB	llama.cpp	Q8_0 GGUF	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 32768 --embeddings # run rpc-server on each other node`
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (64c GPU) 256GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
2x DGX Spark 128GB	llama.cpp	Q8_0 GGUF	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 32768 --embeddings # run rpc-server on each other node`
4x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GB	llama.cpp	Q8_0 GGUF	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 32768 --embeddings # run rpc-server on each other node`
2x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GB	llama.cpp	Q8_0 GGUF	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 32768 --embeddings # run rpc-server on each other node`
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GB	Ollama	Q8_0	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`ollama pull qwen3-embedding:0.6b`
4x DGX Spark 128GB	llama.cpp	Q8_0 GGUF	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 32768 --embeddings # run rpc-server on each other node`
4x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GB	llama.cpp	Q8_0 GGUF	1.2 GB	fits in fast memory	embedding	`llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 32768 --embeddings # run rpc-server on each other node`

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-18.

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