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Qwen 3

Open multimodal models in four sizes, compiled through the same path.

Releases
3.53.6
Sizes
0.8B · 2B · 4B · 9B
Modalities
Image + text → text
Introduced
Photon 2.0
Quickstart · pip install moondream
Call Qwen 3 in a few lines.
python
# pip install moondream
import moondream as md
from PIL import Image

# Any Qwen 3 size works: Qwen/Qwen3.5-0.8B through Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B,
# and Qwen/Qwen3.6-0.8B
model = md.photon("Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B")

image = Image.open("photo.jpg")

caption = model.caption(image)["caption"]
print("Caption:", caption)

answer = model.query(image, "What's in this image?")["answer"]
print("Answer:", answer)

Full API reference — docs.moondream.ai/running-locally

Runs on
ModelChipTested hardwareSinceLast verifiedBenchmark
Qwen 3.5 0.8BH100H100 SXM 80GBv2.0Aug 3, 2026Results
Qwen 3.5 2BH100H100 SXM 80GBv2.0Aug 3, 2026Results
Qwen 3.5 4BH100H100 SXM 80GBv2.0Aug 3, 2026Results
Qwen 3.5 9BH100H100 SXM 80GBv2.0Aug 3, 2026Results
Qwen 3.6 0.8BH100H100 SXM 80GBv2.0Aug 4, 2026
Run Qwen 3 with Photon

Install the SDK and pick any listed model.

$pip install moondream

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