Instructions to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with Trellis:

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# To use this model, check the repository files and the library's documentation.

# Want to help? PRs adding snippets are welcome at:
# https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface.js

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps Settings

llama.cpp

How to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with llama.cpp:

Install (macOS, Linux)

curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama serve -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Install from WinGet (Windows)

winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama serve -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Use pre-built binary

# Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Build from source code

git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

LM Studio
Jan

vLLM

How to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Ollama
How to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with Ollama:
```
ollama run hf.co/PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S
```
Unsloth Desktop

How to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with Pi:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Configure the model in Pi

# Install Pi:
npm install -g @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "llama-cpp": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Docker Model Runner
How to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S
```

Lemonade

How to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with Lemonade:

Pull the model

# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Run and chat with the model

lemonade run user.Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard-IQ3_S

List all available models

lemonade list

Hermes Agent

How to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with Hermes Agent:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Configure Hermes

# Install Hermes:
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
hermes setup
# Point Hermes at the local server:
hermes config set model.provider custom
hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
hermes config set model.default PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Run Hermes

hermes

Atomic Chat

OpenClaw

How to use PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard with OpenClaw:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S

Configure OpenClaw

# Install OpenClaw:
npm install -g openclaw@latest
# Register the local server and set it as the default model:
openclaw onboard --non-interactive --mode local \
  --auth-choice custom-api-key \
  --custom-base-url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 \
  --custom-model-id "PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ3_S" \
  --custom-provider-id llama-cpp \
  --custom-compatibility openai \
  --custom-text-input \
  --accept-risk \
  --skip-health

Run OpenClaw

openclaw agent --local --agent main --message "Hello from Hugging Face"

Qwen3-30B-A3B — Pollard

Pollard shrank this model: 61.06 GB (f16) → 7.54 GB — 88% smaller, 8.1× down.

The smallest rung here; larger, higher-fidelity rungs are listed below.

format this model's size

f16 61.06 GB

Q8_0 ~32.36 GB

Q6_K ~25.03 GB

Q4_K_M ~17.71 GB

PollardMix (this repo's IQ1_KT) 7.54 GB

format	this model's size
f16	61.06 GB
Q8_0	~32.36 GB
Q6_K	~25.03 GB
Q4_K_M	~17.71 GB
PollardMix (this repo's IQ1_KT)	7.54 GB

Pollard builds of Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B made with Pollard Weights — a ladder of measured-allocation quants (bits placed by per-layer sensitivity, not a uniform crush).

Standard GGUF — runs in stock llama.cpp / ik_llama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio. Trellis (IQ*_KT) files need ik_llama.cpp; the K-quants run anywhere.

Model details


Parameter count	~30.5B
Architecture	`qwen3_moe`
Input support	text
imatrix	no
Perplexity measured	yes — table below

Which file should I choose?

Every rung is the same weights, sized to a different RAM budget by the measured allocation. Pick the largest one that fits your machine with room for context:

~27 GB RAM / VRAM → Q6_K (25.12 GB). near-lossless
~18 GB RAM / VRAM → IQ4_XS (16.48 GB). recommended default
~15 GB RAM / VRAM → IQ3_S (13.46 GB). smaller
~10 GB RAM / VRAM → IQ1_KT (7.54 GB). flagship — 1-bit mixed-precision MoE trellis

Available files (WikiText-2 raw, ctx 2048, 145 chunks; KLD vs Q6_K base)

file	PPL	size	Mean KLD	notes
`Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard-IQ1_KT.gguf`	—	7.54 GB	—	flagship — 1-bit mixed-precision MoE trellis
`Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard-IQ3_S.gguf`	—	13.46 GB	—	smaller
`Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard-IQ4_XS.gguf`	—	16.48 GB	—	recommended default
`Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard-Q6_K.gguf`	—	25.12 GB	—	near-lossless

The numbers (WikiText-2 raw, ctx 2048, 145 chunks; KLD vs Q6_K base)

build	role	PPL	size	bpw	Mean KLD	Median KLD	top-1
uniform IQ2_KT	2-bit ceiling	7.28	8.34 GB	2.19	0.134	0.059	84.81%
PollardMix	this model	8.57	7.02 GB	1.84	0.310	0.140	77.81%
uniform IQ1_KT	1-bit baseline	9.01	6.57 GB	1.73	0.360	0.174	75.47%

PollardMix beats the uniform 1-bit trellis quant on every metric — PPL −4.9%, Mean KLD −14%, Median KLD −20%, top-1 +2.3 pts — at +6.9% size, under the 2-bit ceiling. Same clean sweep as the 7B/14B dense cards, now reproduced on a MoE — the automap policy generalizes (crush cold experts, protect the router / ffn_down_exps / shared experts / attention).

Allocation (the surgery)

tensor role	atom
cold expert bulk (`ffn_gate/up_exps`)	`IQ1_KT`	crushed
`ffn_down_exps` (residual writer)	`IQ2_KT`	protected
`ffn_gate_inp` (router)	`Q6_K`	kept high
shared experts	`IQ2_KT` / `IQ3_KT`	protected
attention q, output	`IQ2_KT`	protected
attention k, v	`IQ1_KT`	crushed
first-2 / last-2 blocks	`IQ2_KT`	protected
token embeddings / output head	`Q4_K` / `Q6_K`	kept

Measured notes

Download a specific file

pip install -U "huggingface_hub[cli]"
hf download PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard \
  --include "Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard-IQ4_XS.gguf" --local-dir ./

How to run

These are standard GGUF and run with llama.cpp:

llama-server -hf PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard:IQ4_XS

or from a local file:

llama-cli    -m Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard-IQ4_XS.gguf -ngl 99 -p "Explain why the sky is blue."
llama-server -m Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard-IQ4_XS.gguf -ngl 99      # OpenAI-compatible API + web UI at :8080

They also work in anything built on llama.cpp — LM Studio, koboldcpp, Jan, ramalama, Ollama (ollama run hf.co/PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard).

ARM / AVX

llama.cpp repacks weights into an interleaved layout at load time for faster inference on ARM and AVX machines — no special file needed, online repacking covers these quants. The old Q4_0_4_4/4_8/8_8 variants are not required.

Errata

Trellis (IQ*_KT) quants need ik_llama.cpp to build/run; K-quants run in any recent llama.cpp.
Measured allocation places bits by per-layer sensitivity under a size budget.
Single machine; replication invited.

Credits & license

Base model: Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B
Quantization tooling: llama.cpp (ggml-org)
Method + tooling: Pollard Weights — measure first, no claim before a number.
License: apache-2.0, inherited from the base model.

Built with Pollard Weights — frontier models, small hardware, no compromise.

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Architecture

qwen3moe

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Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard

Qwen3-30B-A3B — Pollard

Pollard shrank this model: 61.06 GB (f16) → 7.54 GB — 88% smaller, 8.1× down.

Model details

Which file should I choose?

Available files (WikiText-2 raw, ctx 2048, 145 chunks; KLD vs Q6_K base)

The numbers (WikiText-2 raw, ctx 2048, 145 chunks; KLD vs Q6_K base)

Allocation (the surgery)

Measured notes

Download a specific file

How to run

ARM / AVX

Errata

Credits & license

Model tree for PollardWeights/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Pollard