Qwen3-8B vs llama-3-8b-Instruct-bnb-4bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 25 October 2026.
unsloth · B · Open weights
Params
8.2 B
Context
8,192
30d
247 K
llama3 licence · conditional
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | llama-3-8b-Instruct-bnb-4bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 8.2 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 8,192 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 8,164,793 | 247,159 |
| Downloads all time | 133.8 M | 3.9 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 (28 Jul – 25 Oct)
16.6 M155 K
Qwen3-8B
llama-3-8b-Instruct-bnb-4bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
llama-3-8b-Instruct-bnb-4bit · fp16
8.0 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB