Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B vs Qwen3-Embedding-4B-W4A16-G128

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 28 September 2026.

Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
600 M
Context
32,768
30d
9.1 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
boboliu · B · Open weights
Params
4.1 B
Context
40,960
30d
414 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B Qwen3-Embedding-4B-W4A16-G128
Parameters 600 M 4.1 B
Architecture Qwen3ForCausalLM Qwen3ForCausalLM
Context length 32,768 40,960
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — —
Downloads 30d 9,129,136 413,817
Downloads all time 102.8 M 2.5 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2025-06-03 2025-06-06

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

9.7 M414 K
Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B Qwen3-Embedding-4B-W4A16-G128

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B · fp16 1.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
Qwen3-Embedding-4B-W4A16-G128 · fp16 4.0 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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