Kimi-K3 vs Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
ggml-org · B · Open weights
Params
27.0 B
Context
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30d
2.2 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Kimi-K3 | Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Open weights · also via API | Open weights |
| Parameters | 2,779.9 B | 27.0 B |
| Architecture | KimiK3ForConditionalGeneration | — |
| Context length | 1,048,576 | — |
| Licence | other | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Unknown | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 922,082 | 2,248,672 |
| Downloads all time | 5.7 M | 4.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | GGUF |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-06-13 | 2026-08-14 |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $0.24 | not on OpenRouter |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $10.80 | not on OpenRouter |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $11.04 | not on OpenRouter |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.21 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Intelligence Index | 43.6 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Coding Index | 76.2 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Agentic Index | 50 | not on OpenRouter |
| Max output tokens | 943,718 | not on OpenRouter |
| API providers | 21 | not on OpenRouter |
| Tool calling | Yes | not on OpenRouter |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | not on OpenRouter |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
Kimi-K3
$11.04
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 82 days (4 Aug – 24 Oct)
2.9 M909 K
Kimi-K3
Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF · Q4_K_M
25.4 GB / 24 GB
Kimi-K3 · fp16
2,134.5 GB / 24 GB