Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit vs gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.

lmstudio-community · A
Params
4.7 B
Context
30d
4.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
unsloth · B
Params
12.0 B
Context
30d
898 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF
Parameters 4.7 B 12.0 B
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 4,696,719 898,177
Downloads all time 5.8 M 3.4 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS GGUF
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-08-14 2026-05-29

Download trend

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

5.0 M844 K
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF

VRAM side by side

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

gemma-4-12b-it-GGUF · Q4_0 9.7 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit · fp16 18.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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