Qwen3.5-9B-GGUF vs Kimi-K3

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

unsloth · A
Params
Context
30d
1.5 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
moonshotai · B
Params
2,779.9 B
Context
30d
2.0 M

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.5-9B-GGUF Kimi-K3
Parameters 2,779.9 B
Architecture KimiK3ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 other
Commercial use Allowed Unknown
Languages
Downloads 30d 1,516,287 2,011,419
Downloads all time 8.5 M 4.6 M
Quantizations on the Hub GGUF SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-02-28 2026-06-13

Download trend

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

2.9 M968 K
Qwen3.5-9B-GGUF Kimi-K3

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.5-9B-GGUF · Q4_0 6.4 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
Kimi-K3 · fp16 2,134.5 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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