Qwen3-8B vs shieldgemma-9b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | shieldgemma-9b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 9.2 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Gemma2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 6,837,564 | 255,931 |
| Downloads all time | 137.6 M | 314 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-07-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
16.4 M151 K
Qwen3-8B
shieldgemma-9b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB
shieldgemma-9b · fp16
22.2 GB / 24 GB