Qwen3.5-9B vs DeepSeek-OCR-2
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3.5-9B | DeepSeek-OCR-2 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 9.7 B | 3.4 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration | DeepseekOCR2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 8,192 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 12,403,996 | 2,081,935 |
| Downloads all time | 45.3 M | 12.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-02-27 | 2026-01-27 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
12.4 M2.1 M
Qwen3.5-9B
DeepSeek-OCR-2
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
DeepSeek-OCR-2 · fp16
8.5 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.5-9B · fp16
23.2 GB / 24 GB