Qwen3.5-9B vs gemma-3-4b-it

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.

Qwen · A

Params

9.7 B

Context

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30d

12.4 M

apache-2.0 · commercial OK

google · B

Params

4.3 B

Context

—

30d

1.8 M

gemma licence · conditional

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification	Qwen3.5-9B	gemma-3-4b-it
Parameters	9.7 B	4.3 B
Architecture	Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration	Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration
Context length	—	—
Licence	apache-2.0	gemma
Commercial use	Allowed	Conditional
Languages	—	—
Downloads 30d	12,403,996	1,819,143
Downloads all time	45.3 M	23.8 M
Quantizations on the Hub	SAFETENSORS	SAFETENSORS
Gated	No	Yes — accept licence
First seen on the Hub	2026-02-27	2025-02-20

Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)

12.4 M1.8 M

Qwen3.5-9B gemma-3-4b-it

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

gemma-3-4b-it · fp16 10.6 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably

Qwen3.5-9B · fp16 23.2 GB / 24 GB

⚠️ Tight — reduce context