Qwen · 27B · Desktop / import

Qwen 3.5 27B on a phone

Dense 2026 Qwen for a high-RAM Mac or a 24 GB GPU — then use the phone as the remote keyboard.

Parameters
27B
Typical Q4
~16 GB (Q4)
RAM to budget
~22 GB
Engines
GGUF

Get it running

Qwen3.5-27B. Q4 ~16 GB. Also Qwen3.6-27B as a later dense refresh — same RAM class. Hugging Face: Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B.

Load in LM Studio or Ollama, then chat from the phone.

Get LM Mini and load a model that actually fits — on-device, or via Connect to a PC.

Phones that can run it

  • None in this guide — use a Mac or Connect.

Tight (close other apps)

  • None in this guide — use a Mac or Connect.