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Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4

by RadixArk RadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4

Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 is an open-weight model for image and text to text from RadixArk, released under Apache License 2.0. It has 18.2B parameters and a 262,144-token context. At 16-bit it needs about 43.6 GB of GPU memory, which fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest prices in the SAVRN Index. It draws 1M downloads a month.

The RadixArk Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 model is the quantized version of Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B. The quantization was produced at RadixArk using NVIDIA Model Optimizer, following a mixed NVFP4 W4A4 recipe.

Parameters18.2B
Context262,144
Weights21.9 GB
Licenseapache-2.0
AccessOpen weights
Monthly Downloads1M

Runs On

What it takes to serve Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 (18.2B parameters): the memory its weights need at each precision, and the cheapest way to rent enough data-center GPUs to hold them.

PrecisionWeightsMemory neededCheapest setupPer hourAlso fits
16-bit 36.3 GB 43.6 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
8-bit 18.2 GB 21.8 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
4-bit 9.1 GB 10.9 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00

Memory is the weights at that precision plus 20% for the runtime and a short context; a long context needs more. Prices are the lowest on-demand hourly rates in the SAVRN Index, read Oct 10, 2026.

Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 on every accelerator the SAVRN Index prices, at every precision

SAVRN's Notes on Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4

A third-party NVFP4 quantization of Qwen3.8-27B, produced with NVIDIA Model Optimizer under a mixed W4A4 recipe — 4-bit weights and activations — published at 21.9 GB under Apache 2.0. The architecture table still prices the underlying model at 43.6 GB at 16-bit and 10.9 GB at 4-bit, but what you download and run is the NVFP4 build itself; one MI300X at $1.85 an hour covers serving with room for the 262,144-token context.

Pick this over the FP16 original when memory or bandwidth is the binding constraint and you accept a quantization penalty — the card reports no evaluations, so run your own harness before promoting. Note the twin in this directory: Inferact publishes the same base in NVFP4 at 26.4 GB, 4.5 GB larger than RadixArk's package, so these are not the same recipe republished. The pages cross-list each other, as they do uncensored derivatives like Swift-Qwen3.8-27B-Uncensored-NVFP4. Benchmark both on your workload and keep the winner.

Model Card

By RadixArk, published under apache-2.0, revision 319f741cce68.

Model Overview

Description:

The RadixArk Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 model is the quantized version of Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B. The quantization was produced at RadixArk using NVIDIA Model Optimizer, following a mixed NVFP4 W4A4 recipe.

Run on SGLang: launch command and per-platform recipes in the Qwen3.8-27B cookbook.

Third-Party Community Consideration

This model is not owned or developed by RadixArk. It is a quantized derivative of Qwen's model; see the upstream Qwen3.8-27B model card for the source model's capabilities, training information, limitations, and license.

License/Terms of Use:

Apache License 2.0

Deployment Geography:

Global

Use Case:

Developers looking to deploy an off-the-shelf, pre-quantized model in AI agent systems, chatbots, RAG systems, and other AI-powered applications.

Release Date:

Hugging Face 08/14/2026 via https://huggingface.co/RadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4

Model Architecture:

Architecture Type: Transformers (Dense Multimodal)
Network Architecture: Qwen3.8-27B
Number of Model Parameters: 27B

Input:

Input Type(s): Text, image, and video
Input Format(s): String and visual media
Other Properties Related to Input: Native context length up to 262,144 tokens.

Output:

Read the full model card (472 words)

Configuration

Architecture
Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length (tokens)
262,144
Layers
64
Hidden size
5,120
Feed-forward size
17,408
Attention heads
24
Key/value heads
4
Head dimension
256
Vocabulary size
248,320
Model type
qwen3_5
Quantization
modelopt

Identity and Version

Repository
RadixArk/Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4
Publisher
RadixArk
Task
Image and text to text
Modality
Image and text
Library
Model Optimizer
Parameters
18.2B parameters
Languages
Not stated by the source
Revision
319f741cce68d7914884900c138a1fbb70a42f30
First published
2026-08-14
Last updated
2026-08-22

Files and Weights

22 files, 21.9 GB in total. The weights are 3 files totalling 21.9 GB in safetensors.

Weights3 files · 21.9 GB
Configuration10 files · 370.6 KB
Tokenizer4 files · 22.9 MB
Documentation2 files · 16.1 KB
Other1 file · 9.0 KB
Repository2 files · 315.9 KB
Every file
FileTypeSizeSHA-256
model-00001-of-00003.safetensorsWeights10.0 GB fbcdb5ba1cdd
model-00002-of-00003.safetensorsWeights10.0 GB db6146a5464f
model-00003-of-00003.safetensorsWeights2.0 GB d3cfb92742e3
config.jsonConfiguration73.0 KB —
conversion-manifest.jsonConfiguration23.6 KB —
generation_config.jsonConfiguration214 B —
hf_quant_config.jsonConfiguration53.7 KB —
model.safetensors.index.jsonConfiguration214.9 KB —
preprocessor_config.jsonConfiguration390 B —
qualification-criteria.jsonConfiguration1.1 KB —
qualification.jsonConfiguration2.7 KB —
tensor-audit.jsonConfiguration539 B —
video_preprocessor_config.jsonConfiguration385 B —
LICENSEDocumentation11.5 KB —
README.mdDocumentation4.6 KB —
chat_template.jinjaOther9.0 KB —
.gitattributesRepository1.6 KB —
.quant_summary.txtRepository314.3 KB —
merges.txtTokenizer3.4 MB —
tokenizer.jsonTokenizer12.8 MB 0997f410c57a
tokenizer_config.jsonTokenizer1.1 KB —
vocab.jsonTokenizer6.7 MB —

License and Download

License
apache-2.0
Access
Open weights, no gate
Download size
21.9 GB
Download from RadixArk

Released by RadixArk through its official repository on Hugging Face. Read the license.

Built From

Memory Requirements

PrecisionWeights in memory
As published21.9 GB
16-bit36.3 GB
8-bit18.2 GB
4-bit9.1 GB

Weights only, from the published parameter count; the key-value cache and runtime add to this.

Questions About Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4

How much GPU memory does Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 need?

About 43.6 GB at 16-bit and 10.9 GB at 4-bit: the weights (18.2B parameters) plus a working margin. A long context needs more.

What is the cheapest GPU to run Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 on?

At 16-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour; at 4-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.

Can I use Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 commercially?

Yes. Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4 is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.

What is Qwen3.8-27B-NVFP4's context length?

262,144 tokens, from the maximum position embeddings in its published configuration.

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