gemma-3-1b-it vs OpenELM-1_1B-Instruct

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

google · A
Params
1.0 B
Context
30d
3.1 M
gemma licence · conditional
apple · B
Params
1.1 B
Context
30d
1.4 M

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification gemma-3-1b-it OpenELM-1_1B-Instruct
Parameters 1.0 B 1.1 B
Architecture Gemma3ForCausalLM OpenELMForCausalLM
Context length
Licence gemma apple-amlr
Commercial use Conditional Unknown
Languages
Downloads 30d 3,077,946 1,368,325
Downloads all time 51.6 M 27.6 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated Yes — accept licence No
First seen on the Hub 2025-03-10 2024-04-12

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

5.2 M1.3 M
gemma-3-1b-it OpenELM-1_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
✅ Runs comfortably
OpenELM-1_1B-Instruct · fp16 3.0 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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