Qwen3.5-9B vs Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-5bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 9 September 2026.
lmstudio-community · B
Params
5.5 B
Context
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30d
3.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-5bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 9.7 B | 5.5 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 11,389,211 | 3,639,520 |
| Downloads all time | 59.5 M | 3.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-02-27 | 2026-08-14 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 44 days (28 Jul – 9 Sep)
14.3 M943 K
Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-5bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-5bit · fp16
22.7 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.5-9B · fp16
23.2 GB / 24 GB