Qwen3-8B vs llama-3-8b-instruct-awq
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | llama-3-8b-instruct-awq |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 8.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 8,192 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | — |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 6,837,564 | 195,738 |
| Downloads all time | 137.6 M | 2.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-04-18 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
16.4 M196 K
Qwen3-8B
llama-3-8b-instruct-awq
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
llama-3-8b-instruct-awq · fp16
8.0 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB