Qwen3-4B vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 25 October 2026.
mlx-community · B · Open weights
Params
1.3 B
Context
131,072
30d
228 K
llama3.1 licence · conditional
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-4B | Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.0 B | 1.3 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3.1 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 11,364,244 | 228,220 |
| Downloads all time | 92.8 M | 1.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2025-02-15 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (28 Jul – 25 Oct)
12.6 M185 K
Qwen3-4B
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit · fp16 @ 128K ctx
8.5 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-4B · fp16
10.0 GB / 24 GB