Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct vs Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 9 September 2026.
lmstudio-community · B
Params
8.0 B
Context
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30d
3.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct | Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.8 B | 8.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 15,231,494 | 3,739,108 |
| Downloads all time | 61.7 M | 3.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-10-11 | 2026-08-14 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 44 days (28 Jul – 9 Sep)
15.2 M996 K
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct · fp16
21.1 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3.8-27B-MLX-8bit · fp16
34.2 GB / 24 GB