Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit vs gemma-3-4b-it

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

lmstudio-community · A
Params
4.7 B
Context
30d
4.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
google · B
Params
4.3 B
Context
30d
1.8 M
gemma licence · conditional

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit gemma-3-4b-it
Parameters 4.7 B 4.3 B
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 gemma
Commercial use Allowed Conditional
Languages
Downloads 30d 4,696,719 1,759,366
Downloads all time 5.8 M 26.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No Yes — accept licence
First seen on the Hub 2026-08-14 2025-02-20

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 31 days (22 Aug – 21 Sep)

5.0 M890 K
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit gemma-3-4b-it A overtook B on 24 Aug

VRAM side by side

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

gemma-3-4b-it · fp16 10.6 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit · fp16 18.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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