Qwen3.6-27B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 27.8 B | 36.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 6,984,872 | 5,906,365 |
| Downloads all time | 19.6 M | 21.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-04-21 | 2026-04-15 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
7.0 M5.9 M
Qwen3.6-27B
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3.6-27B · fp16
65.8 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B · fp16
85.0 GB / 24 GB