Qwen3.5-9B vs Qwen3.5-4B-GGUF

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

Qwen · A
Params
9.7 B
Context
30d
12.4 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
unsloth · B
Params
Context
30d
1.2 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification Qwen3.5-9B Qwen3.5-4B-GGUF
Parameters 9.7 B
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 12,403,996 1,180,095
Downloads all time 45.3 M 4.6 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS GGUF
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-02-27 2026-03-02

Download trend

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

12.4 M1.2 M
Qwen3.5-9B Qwen3.5-4B-GGUF

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.5-4B-GGUF · Q4_0 3.3 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
Qwen3.5-9B · fp16 23.2 GB / 24 GB
⚠️ Tight — reduce context

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