---
language: en
library_name: mlx
pipeline_tag: image-text-to-text
tags:
- mlx
- axquant
- axq
- qwen3-vl
- vision-language
- moe
license: apache-2.0
base_model: Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct
---

# AX-Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct-MLX-AXQ-6bit

**Development evidence** AXQuant mixed-precision pack (not Tier-1 certified). No MTP claim.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Source | `Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct@9c4b90e1e4ba969fd3b5378b57d966d725f1b86c` |
| Product class | `6bit` |
| Measured total BPW | `6.000054` |
| Convert backend | MLX-VLM (affine RTN) |
| Primary runtime | **AX Engine** |
| Compatible runtime | **MLX-VLM** (vision / image-to-text) |
| Vision tower | Protected BF16 |
| MTP | Not present / not claimed |
| Evidence | Architecture-prior plan + convert + mlx-vlm image smoke |

## Use with mlx-vlm

```bash
pip install -U mlx-vlm
python -m mlx_vlm.generate --model AutomatosX/AX-Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct-MLX-AXQ-6bit \
  --max-tokens 100 --temperature 0.0 --prompt "Describe this image." --image <path.png>
```

## Notes

- Converted with [axquant](https://github.com/defai-digital/axquant) on Apple Silicon.
- Sibling Thinking / other VL MoE sizes are not promoted by this pack.
- AX Engine is the declared primary product runtime; install and load via your AX Engine workflow when available.

## Modalities (capability-gated)

Text checkpoint Tier 1 does **not** imply vision or audio quality. `Vision present=true` on a pack is not a quality pass.

| Modality | Claim | Supported | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vision | `smoke-certified` | `true` | vision runtime smoke passed on df-macstudio-m2 (mlx-vlm); quality suite not certified. Evidence: /Users/akiralam/code/axquant/docs/certifications/evidence/modality-recert-macstudio-m2/results/qwen3-vl-30b-axq6.json |
| Audio | `not-applicable` | `false` | audio not supported (no tower config and no sidecar weights) |