Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct vs Qwen3.5-2B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct | Qwen3.5-2B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.8 B | 2.3 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 19,522,025 | 4,808,560 |
| Downloads all time | 68.1 M | 16.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-10-11 | 2026-02-28 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
19.5 M2.4 M
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
Qwen3.5-2B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3.5-2B · fp16
5.8 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct · fp16
21.1 GB / 24 GB