Qwen3-32B-AWQ vs Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 1 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-32B-AWQ | Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 32.8 B | 70.6 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3.1 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 811,171 | 203,439 |
| Downloads all time | 9.3 M | 24.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-05-01 | 2024-07-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
2.0 M203 K
Qwen3-32B-AWQ
Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct
A overtook B on 26 Aug
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-32B-AWQ · fp16
26.7 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct · fp16
166.3 GB / 24 GB