Qwen 3.5 14B Instruct (RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Sweet Spot)
The ultimate everyday local model for 16GB VRAM cards like the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: requires only ~8.9 GB for Q4_K_M weights, leaving 7+ GB of headroom for 32K–64K context windows at ~42 tok/s.
Provider
Alibaba Qwen (Apache 2.0)
Architecture
Dense Transformer (14.8B) + GQA + 128K Context
Parameters
14.8B Dense
Context Window
131,072 tokens (Max Output: 16,384 tokens)
API Pricing
Input: $0.07 / 1M · Cached: $0.03 / 1M · Output: $0.20 / 1M
VRAM (16K Ctx)
Q4_K_M: 10.91 GB · Q8_0: 17.84 GB · FP16: 32.83 GB
Hardware Target
NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) — Fits Q4_K_M (32K+ ctx) & Q5_K_M cleanly!
Interactive Token Cost Estimator (Qwen 3.5 14B)
GPU Hardware Compatibility Matrix (Qwen 3.5 14B at 16K Context)
| GPU / Hardware Profile | VRAM | Q4_K_M (4.8-bit) | Q8_0 (8-bit) | Est. Speed (Q4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 5060 Ti 16GB 448 GB/s | 16 GB | FITS IN VRAM (10.91 GB) | REQUIRES MULTI-GPU (17.84 GB) | ~32 tok/s |
| RTX 4090 24GB 1008 GB/s | 24 GB | FITS IN VRAM (10.91 GB) | FITS IN VRAM (17.84 GB) | ~72 tok/s |
| RTX 5090 32GB 1792 GB/s | 32 GB | FITS IN VRAM (10.91 GB) | FITS IN VRAM (17.84 GB) | ~129 tok/s |
| M4 Max 64GB 546 GB/s | 52 GB | FITS IN VRAM (10.91 GB) | FITS IN VRAM (17.84 GB) | ~39 tok/s |
| 2× 24GB (48GB) 920 GB/s | 48 GB | FITS IN VRAM (10.91 GB) | FITS IN VRAM (17.84 GB) | ~66 tok/s |
| H100 80GB 3350 GB/s | 80 GB | FITS IN VRAM (10.91 GB) | FITS IN VRAM (17.84 GB) | ~241 tok/s |
| M4 Ultra 192GB 819 GB/s | 164 GB | FITS IN VRAM (10.91 GB) | FITS IN VRAM (17.84 GB) | ~59 tok/s |
| 8× H200 (1,128GB) 4800 GB/s | 1128 GB | FITS IN VRAM (10.91 GB) | FITS IN VRAM (17.84 GB) | ~345 tok/s |
Architectural Strengths & Target Workloads
- Runs 100% in VRAM on NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at Q4_K_M (8.9 GB), Q5_K_M (10.4 GB), or even Q8_0 (15.7 GB)
- Sustains ~40–46 tokens/sec on GDDR7 memory bandwidth (448 GB/s) with FlashAttention enabled
- Strong coding, CLI assistant, and local RAG performance without API bills or data leaving your machine
Primary Engineering Workloads: NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Daily Driver · Local Cursor / Continue IDE Assistant · Private Document RAG.
Frequently Asked Questions (Qwen 3.5 14B)
How much does Qwen 3.5 14B Instruct (RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Sweet Spot) cost per 1M tokens?
Qwen 3.5 14B Instruct (RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Sweet Spot) is priced at $0.07 per 1M uncached input tokens, $0.03 per 1M cached input tokens, and $0.20 per 1M output tokens (Runs 100% Free Locally on 16GB VRAM (RTX 5060 Ti / 4060 Ti 16GB)).
What is the context window of Qwen 3.5 14B Instruct (RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Sweet Spot)?
It supports up to 131,072 tokens (131,072 tokens) and a maximum generation output of 16,384 tokens.