Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct vs chandra-ocr-2

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

Qwen · A

Params

8.8 B

Context

—

30d

19.7 M

apache-2.0 · commercial OK

datalab-to · B

Params

5.3 B

Context

—

30d

2.7 M

openrail licence · conditional

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification	Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct	chandra-ocr-2
Parameters	8.8 B	5.3 B
Architecture	Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration	Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length	—	—
Licence	apache-2.0	openrail
Commercial use	Allowed	Conditional
Languages	—	—
Downloads 30d	19,744,243	2,658,999
Downloads all time	68.6 M	11.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub	SAFETENSORS	SAFETENSORS
Gated	No	No
First seen on the Hub	2025-10-11	2026-03-16

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

19.7 M2.6 M

Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct chandra-ocr-2

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

chandra-ocr-2 · fp16 12.9 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably

Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct · fp16 21.1 GB / 24 GB

⚠️ Tight — reduce context