gemma-4-31B-it vs Qwen3.8-27B

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.

google · A · Open weights
Params
32.7 B
Context
—
30d
8.5 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Qwen · B · Open weights
Params
27.8 B
Context
—
30d
7.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification gemma-4-31B-it Qwen3.8-27B
Deployment Open weights · also via API Open weights · also via API
Parameters 32.7 B 27.8 B
Architecture Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length 262,144 262,144
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — —
Downloads 30d 8,540,107 7,710,011
Downloads all time 69.2 M 17.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-03-11 2026-08-05
API input price / 1M tokens $0.20 $0.20
API output price / 1M tokens $0.40 $2.50
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $0.60 $2.70
Cached input / 1M tokens — $0.09
AA Intelligence Index 14.7 33.7
AA Coding Index 43.4 68.1
AA Agentic Index 4.2 45.8
Max output tokens 16,384 235,929
API providers 12 21
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

gemma-4-31B-it $0.60
Qwen3.8-27B $2.70

gemma-4-31B-it is 4.5× cheaper at list price.

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 89 days (28 Jul – 24 Oct)

12.4 M1.0 M
gemma-4-31B-it Qwen3.8-27B

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.8-27B · fp16 65.8 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
gemma-4-31B-it · fp16 74.2 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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