Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct vs gemma-3-4b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct | gemma-3-4b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.8 B | 4.3 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 19,744,243 | 1,759,366 |
| Downloads all time | 68.6 M | 26.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-10-11 | 2025-02-20 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
19.7 M1.2 M
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
gemma-3-4b-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-4b-it · fp16
10.6 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct · fp16
21.1 GB / 24 GB