Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct vs Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct | Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.8 B | 2.2 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | 32,768 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 19,744,243 | 2,013,029 |
| Downloads all time | 68.6 M | 49.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-10-11 | 2024-08-28 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
19.7 M1.6 M
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct · fp16
5.7 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct · fp16
21.1 GB / 24 GB