gemma-4-26B-A4B-it vs Qwen3.5-27B

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.

google · A
Params
26.5 B
Context
30d
11.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Qwen · B
Params
27.8 B
Context
30d
2.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification gemma-4-26B-A4B-it Qwen3.5-27B
Parameters 26.5 B 27.8 B
Architecture Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 11,748,521 2,666,761
Downloads all time 46.6 M 15.8 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-03-11 2026-02-24

Download trend

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

13.0 M2.6 M
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it Qwen3.5-27B

VRAM side by side

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

gemma-4-26B-A4B-it · fp16 61.3 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen3.5-27B · fp16 65.8 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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