Qwen3-8B vs SmolLM3-3B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-8B | SmolLM3-3B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.2 B | 3.1 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | SmolLM3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 65,536 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 16,272,885 | 872,073 |
| Downloads all time | 103.2 M | 4.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2025-07-08 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
16.6 M806 K
Qwen3-8B
SmolLM3-3B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
SmolLM3-3B · fp16
7.7 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-8B · fp16
19.7 GB / 24 GB