Qwen3-8B vs Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 3.8 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Phi3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 4,096 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 2 |
| Downloads 30d | 12,880,320 | 406,665 |
| Downloads all time | 124.0 M | 31.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-04-22 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
16.6 M407 K
Qwen3-8B
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct · fp16
9.5 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB