gemma-4-31B-it-FP8-block vs Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-6bit

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

RedHatAI · A
Params
31.3 B
Context
30d
4.8 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
lmstudio-community · B
Params
6.4 B
Context
30d
907 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification gemma-4-31B-it-FP8-block Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-6bit
Parameters 31.3 B 6.4 B
Architecture Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 4,755,707 906,642
Downloads all time 9.1 M 2.1 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)

5.7 M907 K
gemma-4-31B-it-FP8-block Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-6bit

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-6bit · fp16 26.5 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
gemma-4-31B-it-FP8-block · fp16 41.8 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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