Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct vs Qwen3-14B-NVFP4
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Qwen3-14B-NVFP4 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.0 B | 8.2 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | Qwen3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 40,960 |
| Licence | llama3.1 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | 8 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 5,910,102 | 713,073 |
| Downloads all time | 185.1 M | 1.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-07-18 | 2025-09-09 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
8.0 M213 K
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Qwen3-14B-NVFP4
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-14B-NVFP4 · fp16
13.3 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct · fp16
19.4 GB / 24 GB