Qwen3.8-27B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4

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

Qwen · A
Params
27.8 B
Context
30d
7.3 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
RedHatAI · B
Params
34.7 B
Context
30d
975 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.8-27B Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
Parameters 27.8 B 34.7 B
Architecture Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 7,331,932 975,470
Downloads all time 9.4 M 10.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-08-05 2026-04-17

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 33 days (20 Aug – 21 Sep)

7.8 M923 K
Qwen3.8-27B Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4 A overtook B on 22 Aug

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4 · fp16 33.2 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen3.8-27B · fp16 65.8 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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