Qwen3.6-27B vs Kimi-K2.5

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 28 July 2026.

Qwen · A
Params
27.8 B
Context
30d
7.0 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
moonshotai · B
Params
1,058.6 B
Context
30d
966 K

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.6-27B Kimi-K2.5
Parameters 27.8 B 1,058.6 B
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration KimiK25ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 other
Commercial use Allowed Unknown
Languages
Downloads 30d 6,984,872 966,316
Downloads all time 19.6 M 15.1 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-04-21 2026-01-01

Download trend

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

7.0 M966 K
Qwen3.6-27B Kimi-K2.5

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.6-27B · fp16 65.8 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Kimi-K2.5 · fp16 814.0 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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