Qwen3-8B vs Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 August 2026.
unsloth · B
Params
3.2 B
Context
131,072
30d
180 K
llama3.2 licence · conditional
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 3.2 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3.2 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 12,880,320 | 179,975 |
| Downloads all time | 124.0 M | 3.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-09-25 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
16.6 M157 K
Qwen3-8B
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct · fp16 @ 128K ctx
15.3 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB