Qwen3.6-35B-A3B vs Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-8bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 28 July 2026.
lmstudio-community · B
Params
8.0 B
Context
—
30d
983 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-8bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 36.0 B | 8.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 5,906,365 | 982,934 |
| Downloads all time | 21.5 M | 2.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-04-15 | 2026-06-02 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
6.2 M983 K
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-8bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3.6-27B-MLX-8bit · fp16
34.2 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B · fp16
85.0 GB / 24 GB