Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 vs Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-4bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 28 July 2026.
lmstudio-community · B
Params
4.7 B
Context
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30d
942 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 | Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-4bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 27.8 B | 4.7 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 7,781,120 | 941,881 |
| Downloads all time | 23.4 M | 2.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-04-21 | 2026-04-22 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
7.8 M942 K
Qwen3.6-27B-FP8
Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-4bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-4bit · fp16
18.9 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 · fp16
38.6 GB / 24 GB