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Kimi-K3 vs Qwen3.8-27B — hardware requirements compared (measured)
Both sides use real GGUF file sizes from Hugging Face — not params×bits formulas. Updated daily.
| Kimi-K3 | Qwen3.8-27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | ? | 27B |
| Downloads (30d) | 483k | 6941k |
| Quantizations published | 9 | 25 |
| Smallest build needs | 561.1 GB (UD-Q1_0) | 9.3 GB (UD-IQ1_S) |
| Recommended quant needs | 561.1 GB (UD-Q1_0) | 13.0 GB (UD-Q2_K_XL) |
| Lossless build needs | 1.87 TB | 61.2 GB |
Verdict: Kimi-K3 needs more memory at the recommended quant. Capability is a different question (see benchmark leaderboards) — this page answers only “which one fits my machine, and at what quality cost?”
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At the recommended quant, 8K context:
| Hardware | VRAM/RAM | Kimi-K3 | Qwen3.8-27B |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12GB | 12 GB | no | no |
| RTX 4070 12GB | 12 GB | no | no |
| RTX 4090 24GB | 24 GB | no | fits |
| RTX 5090 32GB | 32 GB | no | fits |
| Mac 24GB | 18 GB | no | fits |
| Mac 64GB | 48 GB | no | fits |