Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct vs gemma-3-12b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct | gemma-3-12b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.8 B | 12.2 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 4,880,071 | 1,303,239 |
| Downloads all time | 45.3 M | 21.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-10-11 | 2025-03-01 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
5.1 M1.2 M
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
gemma-3-12b-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct · fp16
21.1 GB / 24 GB
gemma-3-12b-it · fp16
29.1 GB / 24 GB