Qwen3-8B vs Granite-4.2-3B-BE-GGUF
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
taronaeo · B · Open weights
Params
3.0 B
Context
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30d
144 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | Granite-4.2-3B-BE-GGUF |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 3.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | — |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 12 |
| Downloads 30d | 6,837,564 | 143,923 |
| Downloads all time | 137.6 M | 144 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | GGUF |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2026-10-18 |
Download trend
106 days of snapshots recorded — chart in 0 days.
137.6 M
Qwen3-8B · all-time downloads
144 K
Granite-4.2-3B-BE-GGUF · all-time downloads
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Granite-4.2-3B-BE-GGUF · Q4_0
3.3 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB