gemma-3-1b-it vs Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
unsloth · B
Params
1.2 B
Context
131,072
30d
262 K
llama3.2 licence · conditional
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gemma-3-1b-it | Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.0 B | 1.2 B |
| Architecture | Gemma3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 131,072 |
| Licence | gemma | llama3.2 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 3,077,946 | 262,188 |
| Downloads all time | 51.6 M | 4.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-03-10 | 2024-09-25 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
5.2 M262 K
gemma-3-1b-it
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-1b-it · fp16
2.8 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct · fp16 @ 128K ctx
6.2 GB / 24 GB