Qwen3-8B vs PowerLM-3b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | PowerLM-3b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 3.5 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | GraniteForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 4,096 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 16,272,885 | 202,930 |
| Downloads all time | 103.2 M | 1.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-08-14 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
16.6 M195 K
Qwen3-8B
PowerLM-3b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
PowerLM-3b · fp16
16.5 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB