Qwen3.5-35B-A3B vs Qwen3.8-27B

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

Qwen · A
Params
36.0 B
Context
30d
1.8 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Qwen · B
Params
27.8 B
Context
30d
7.3 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Qwen3.8-27B
Parameters 36.0 B 27.8 B
Architecture Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 1,837,855 7,331,932
Downloads all time 19.3 M 9.4 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-02-24 2026-08-05

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

7.8 M1.0 M
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Qwen3.8-27B

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

Qwen3.8-27B · fp16 65.8 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B · fp16 85.0 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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