Qwen 3.5 Local Installation & Setup Guide — From Ollama to vLLM
Step-by-step guide to running Qwen 3.5 locally. From 5-minute Ollama setup to production vLLM servers, plus optimal model size selection per GPU.
Qwen 3.5 Local Installation & Setup Guide — From Ollama to vLLM
In the previous post, we compared Qwen 3.5 and DeepSeek V3.2. Now let's get Qwen 3.5 running locally on your machine, step by step.
From a 5-minute Ollama setup to a production-grade vLLM API server, plus optimal model size selection per GPU — this guide covers everything.
1. Which Size Should You Pick?
Qwen 3.5 comes in 8 sizes. Matching the right model to your GPU is step one.
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