Qwen3-4B vs Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
NousResearch · B
Params
8.0 B
Context
131,072
30d
317 K
llama3.1 licence · conditional
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-4B | Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.0 B | 8.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3.1 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 6,941,310 | 316,924 |
| Downloads all time | 80.5 M | 4.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-07-24 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
7.3 M207 K
Qwen3-4B
Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-4B · fp16
10.0 GB / 24 GB
Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct · fp16 @ 128K ctx
37.4 GB / 24 GB