Qwen3-8B vs DeepSeek-V2-Lite
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | DeepSeek-V2-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 15.7 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | DeepseekV2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 163,840 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | other |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 12,880,320 | 304,131 |
| Downloads all time | 124.0 M | 5.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-05-15 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
16.6 M304 K
Qwen3-8B
DeepSeek-V2-Lite
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB
DeepSeek-V2-Lite · fp16 @ 160K ctx
82.2 GB / 24 GB