Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit vs Qwen3.8-27B-iMatrix-NVFP4-MTP-GGUF

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

lmstudio-community · A · Open weights
Params
8.0 B
Context
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30d
2.9 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
cdiamond · B · Open weights
Params
—
Context
—
30d
3.3 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit Qwen3.8-27B-iMatrix-NVFP4-MTP-GGUF
Parameters 8.0 B —
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration —
Context length — —
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — —
Downloads 30d 2,893,827 3,260,065
Downloads all time 11.1 M 9.6 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS GGUF
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-08-14 2026-08-17

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 80 days (23 Aug – 10 Nov)

5.0 M996 K
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit Qwen3.8-27B-iMatrix-NVFP4-MTP-GGUF

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit · fp16 34.2 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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