Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct vs Kimi-K2.6
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 28 July 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct | Kimi-K2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.8 B | 1,058.6 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | KimiK25ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | other |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 4,880,071 | 875,729 |
| Downloads all time | 45.3 M | 7.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-10-11 | 2026-04-14 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
5.1 M857 K
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
Kimi-K2.6
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct · fp16
21.1 GB / 24 GB
Kimi-K2.6 · fp16
814.0 GB / 24 GB