Florence-2-base vs SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
HuggingFaceTB · B · Open weights
Params
510 M
Context
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30d
1.8 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Florence-2-base | SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 230 M | 510 M |
| Architecture | Florence2ForConditionalGeneration | SmolVLMForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 11,733,723 | 1,773,711 |
| Downloads all time | 37.3 M | 9.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-06-15 | 2025-02-11 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
11.7 M1.2 M
Florence-2-base
SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Florence-2-base · fp16
1.0 GB / 24 GB
SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct · fp16
2.8 GB / 24 GB