Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 vs Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
4.0 B
Context
262,144
30d
2.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
microsoft · B · Open weights
Params
3.8 B
Context
131,072
30d
239 K
mit · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 | Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.0 B | 3.8 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Phi3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 262,144 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 2,557,680 | 239,003 |
| Downloads all time | 66.6 M | 12.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-08-05 | 2024-04-22 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
4.0 M170 K
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct · fp16 @ 128K ctx
18.1 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 · fp16 @ 256K ctx
28.6 GB / 24 GB