Qwen3.6-27B vs gemma-3-27b-it

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 31 July 2026.

Qwen · A
Params
27.8 B
Context
30d
7.0 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
google · B
Params
27.4 B
Context
30d
857 K
gemma licence · conditional

Specification comparison

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Specification Qwen3.6-27B gemma-3-27b-it
Parameters 27.8 B 27.4 B
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 gemma
Commercial use Allowed Conditional
Languages
Downloads 30d 6,984,872 857,335
Downloads all time 19.6 M 16.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No Yes — accept licence
First seen on the Hub 2026-04-21 2025-03-01

Download trend

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

7.0 M857 K
Qwen3.6-27B gemma-3-27b-it

VRAM side by side

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

gemma-3-27b-it · fp16 65.0 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen3.6-27B · fp16 65.8 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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