gemma-3-1b-it vs gpt2-large
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gemma-3-1b-it | gpt2-large |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.0 B | 810 M |
| Architecture | Gemma3ForCausalLM | GPT2LMHeadModel |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | gemma | mit |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 3,077,946 | 1,276,981 |
| Downloads all time | 51.6 M | 60.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-03-10 | 2022-03-02 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
5.2 M979 K
gemma-3-1b-it
gpt2-large
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-1b-it · fp16
2.8 GB / 24 GB
gpt2-large · fp16
4.2 GB / 24 GB