Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8 vs Qwen3.6-27B

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.

Qwen · A
Params
36.0 B
Context
30d
8.9 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Qwen · B
Params
27.8 B
Context
30d
7.0 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8 Qwen3.6-27B
Parameters 36.0 B 27.8 B
Architecture Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 8,946,336 6,984,872
Downloads all time 24.7 M 19.6 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-04-15 2026-04-21

Download trend

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

8.9 M6.2 M
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8 Qwen3.6-27B

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8 · fp16 47.1 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen3.6-27B · fp16 65.8 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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