Qwen3-8B vs Llama-Guard-3-8B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 25 October 2026.
meta-llama · B · Open weights
Params
8.0 B
Context
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30d
195 K
llama3.1 licence · conditional
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | Llama-Guard-3-8B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 8.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3.1 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 8,164,793 | 194,698 |
| Downloads all time | 133.8 M | 5.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-07-22 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (28 Jul – 25 Oct)
16.6 M165 K
Qwen3-8B
Llama-Guard-3-8B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Llama-Guard-3-8B · fp16
19.4 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB