Qwen3-8B-GGUF/README.md

license, language, base_model, pipeline_tag, library_name, tags

license	language	base_model	pipeline_tag	library_name	tags
apache-2.0	en	Qwen/Qwen3-8B	text-generation	transformers	text-generation-inference moe

Qwen3-8B-GGUF

Qwen3 is the latest generation of large language models in Qwen series, offering a comprehensive suite of dense and mixture-of-experts (MoE) models. Built upon extensive training, Qwen3 delivers groundbreaking advancements in reasoning, instruction-following, agent capabilities, and multilingual support

Model Files

File Name	Size	Quantization	Format	Description
Qwen3_8B.F32.gguf	32.8 GB	FP32	GGUF	Full precision (float32) version
Qwen3_8B.BF16.gguf	16.4 GB	BF16	GGUF	BFloat16 precision version
Qwen3_8B.F16.gguf	16.4 GB	FP16	GGUF	Float16 precision version
Qwen3_8B.Q2_K.gguf	3.28 GB	Q2_K	GGUF	2-bit quantized (K variant)
Qwen3_8B.Q3_K_M.gguf	4.12 GB	Q3_K_M	GGUF	3-bit quantized (K M variant)
Qwen3_8B.Q3_K_S.gguf	3.77 GB	Q3_K_S	GGUF	3-bit quantized (K S variant)
Qwen3_8B.Q4_K_M.gguf	5.03 GB	Q4_K_M	GGUF	4-bit quantized (K M variant)
Qwen3_8B.Q4_K_S.gguf	4.8 GB	Q4_K_S	GGUF	4-bit quantized (K S variant)
Qwen3_8B.Q5_K_M.gguf	5.85 GB	Q5_K_M	GGUF	5-bit quantized (K M variant)
Qwen3_8B.Q8_0.gguf	8.71 GB	Q8_0	GGUF	8-bit quantized
.gitattributes	2.08 kB	—	—	Git LFS tracking file
config.json	31 B	—	—	Configuration placeholder
README.md	31 B	—	—	Model documentation

Quants Usage

(sorted by size, not necessarily quality. IQ-quants are often preferable over similar sized non-IQ quants)

Link	Type	Size/GB	Notes
GGUF	Q2_K	0.4
GGUF	Q3_K_S	0.5
GGUF	Q3_K_M	0.5	lower quality
GGUF	Q3_K_L	0.5
GGUF	IQ4_XS	0.6
GGUF	Q4_K_S	0.6	fast, recommended
GGUF	Q4_K_M	0.6	fast, recommended
GGUF	Q5_K_S	0.6
GGUF	Q5_K_M	0.7
GGUF	Q6_K	0.7	very good quality
GGUF	Q8_0	0.9	fast, best quality
GGUF	f16	1.6	16 bpw, overkill

Here is a handy graph by ikawrakow comparing some lower-quality quant types (lower is better):