GatekeeperZA/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507-RKLLM-v1.2.3
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Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 — RKLLM v1.2.3 (w8a8, RK3588)
RKLLM conversion of Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 for Rockchip RK3588 NPU inference.
Converted with RKLLM Toolkit v1.2.3. The 2507 suffix denotes the July 2025 refresh of Qwen3-4B with improved instruction following.
Note: This model does not produce <think> reasoning blocks in this RKLLM build (thinking mode is disabled). See RKLLM thinking mode limitations.Key Details
Why This Model?
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 is the July 2025 update to Alibaba's Qwen3-4B, with improved reasoning and instruction following. At 4B parameters it is the largest text-only model in this RK3588 lineup and handles complex prompts well despite the quantization.
The 16k context window (vs 8k on smaller models) enables long document summarisation and multi-turn conversations.
Hardware Tested
- Orange Pi 5 Plus — RK3588, 16GB RAM, Armbian Linux
- RKNPU driver 0.9.8
- RKLLM Runtime v1.2.3
Usage
With the RKLLM API Server
mkdir -p ~/models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
cd ~/models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
git lfs install && git clone https://huggingface.co/GatekeeperZA/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507-RKLLM-v1.2.3 .Use with GatekeeperZA/RKLLM-API-Server.
With the official RKLLM API demo
git clone https://github.com/airockchip/rknn-llm.git
cd rknn-llm/examples/rkllm_api_demo
./build/rkllm_api_demo /path/to/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507-rk3588-w8a8_g128-opt-1-hybrid-ratio-0.0-16k.rkllm 8192 16384File Listing
Compatibility Notes
- Minimum runtime: RKLLM Runtime v1.2.1. v1.2.3 recommended.
- RKNPU driver: ≥ 0.9.6
- SoCs: RK3588 / RK3588S. Not compatible with RK3576 without reconversion.
- RAM: ~5.5GB loaded. Requires 8GB+ board (16GB recommended).
Acknowledgements
- Alibaba Qwen Team for Qwen3
- Rockchip / airockchip for the RKLLM toolkit and runtime
- Converted by GatekeeperZA
