Qwen3-8B vs LFM2.5-8B-A1B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 18 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | LFM2.5-8B-A1B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 8.5 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Lfm2MoeForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 128,000 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | other |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | — | 10 |
| Downloads 30d | 6,837,564 | 175,319 |
| Downloads all time | 137.6 M | 436 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2026-05-28 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
16.4 M170 K
Qwen3-8B
LFM2.5-8B-A1B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB
LFM2.5-8B-A1B · fp16 @ 125K ctx
39.0 GB / 24 GB