Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 vs Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
27.8 B
Context
—
30d
5.3 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
ggml-org · B · Open weights
Params
27.0 B
Context
—
30d
1.0 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF
Parameters 27.8 B 27.0 B
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration —
Context length — —
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — —
Downloads 30d 5,285,294 1,002,295
Downloads all time 17.6 M 4.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS GGUF
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-08-13 2026-08-14

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 83 days (20 Aug – 10 Nov)

7.9 M909 K
Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF · Q4_K_M 25.9 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 · fp16 38.6 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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