bart-large-cnn vs distilbart-xsum-12-6

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

facebook · A · Open weights
Params
410 M
Context
1,024
30d
1.1 M
mit · commercial OK
sshleifer · B · Open weights
Params
—
Context
1,024
30d
45 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification bart-large-cnn distilbart-xsum-12-6
Parameters 410 M —
Architecture BartForConditionalGeneration BartForConditionalGeneration
Context length 1,024 1,024
Licence mit apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 1 1
Downloads 30d 1,065,295 45,038
Downloads all time 150.6 M 1.1 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS —
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2022-03-02 2022-03-02

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

1.5 M35 K
bart-large-cnn distilbart-xsum-12-6

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

bart-large-cnn · fp16 2.3 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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