Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 vs Qwen3.5-27B-FP8

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 19 August 2026.

Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
27.8 B
Context
—
30d
1.4 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Qwen · B · Open weights
Params
27.8 B
Context
—
30d
858 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 Qwen3.5-27B-FP8
Parameters 27.8 B 27.8 B
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length — —
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — —
Downloads 30d 1,439,590 857,815
Downloads all time 37.1 M 6.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-04-21 2026-02-25

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

9.5 M858 K
Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 Qwen3.5-27B-FP8

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 · fp16 38.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen3.5-27B-FP8 · fp16 38.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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