Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct vs Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
lmstudio-community · B
Params
4.7 B
Context
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30d
4.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct | Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 2.1 B | 4.7 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 3,026,688 | 4,696,719 |
| Downloads all time | 217.0 M | 5.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-10-19 | 2026-08-14 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
5.0 M890 K
Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct · fp16
5.5 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-4bit · fp16
18.9 GB / 24 GB