gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-AWQ-4bit vs Qwen3.8-27B-FP8

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

cyankiwi · A
Params
25.8 B
Context
30d
1.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Qwen · B
Params
27.8 B
Context
30d
6.9 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-AWQ-4bit Qwen3.8-27B-FP8
Parameters 25.8 B 27.8 B
Architecture Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 1,600,714 6,865,395
Downloads all time 20.0 M 9.1 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-04-03 2026-08-13

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

7.9 M1.1 M
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-AWQ-4bit Qwen3.8-27B-FP8

VRAM side by side

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

gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-AWQ-4bit · fp16 23.3 GB / 24 GB
⚠️ Tight — reduce context
Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 · fp16 38.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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