Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 vs Rax-4.5

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 1 September 2026.

Qwen · A
Params
27.8 B
Context
30d
5.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
raxcore-dev · B
Params
2.3 B
Context
30d
846 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 Rax-4.5
Parameters 27.8 B 2.3 B
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 5,551,448 846,009
Downloads all time 34.8 M 1.5 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-04-21 2025-11-27

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

9.5 M846 K
Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 Rax-4.5

VRAM side by side

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

Rax-4.5 · fp16 5.8 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 · fp16 38.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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