gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-AWQ-4bit vs Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-8bit

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 28 July 2026.

cyankiwi · A
Params
26.6 B
Context
30d
3.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
lmstudio-community · B
Params
8.0 B
Context
30d
983 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-AWQ-4bit Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-8bit
Parameters 26.6 B 8.0 B
Architecture Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 3,707,073 982,934
Downloads all time 16.8 M 2.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-04-03 2026-06-02

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)

4.5 M983 K
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-AWQ-4bit Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-8bit

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-AWQ-4bit · fp16 23.4 GB / 24 GB
⚠️ Tight — reduce context
Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-8bit · fp16 34.2 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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