Qwen3-4B vs Phi-4-mini-instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-4B | Phi-4-mini-instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.0 B | 3.8 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Phi3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 24 |
| Downloads 30d | 4,598,181 | 455,062 |
| Downloads all time | 70.7 M | 8.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2025-02-19 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
4.6 M427 K
Qwen3-4B
Phi-4-mini-instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-4B · fp16
10.0 GB / 24 GB
Phi-4-mini-instruct · fp16 @ 128K ctx
18.2 GB / 24 GB