Qwen3.6-27B vs Qwen3.8-27B-FP8
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 9 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 27.8 B | 27.8 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 4,876,260 | 6,985,465 |
| Downloads all time | 25.9 M | 7.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-04-21 | 2026-08-13 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 44 days (28 Jul – 9 Sep)
7.1 M1.1 M
Qwen3.6-27B
Qwen3.8-27B-FP8
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 · fp16
38.6 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.6-27B · fp16
65.8 GB / 24 GB