gemma-3-1b-it vs Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gemma-3-1b-it | Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.0 B | 1.5 B |
| Architecture | Gemma3ForCausalLM | Qwen2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 32,768 |
| Licence | gemma | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 4,749,309 | 3,182,072 |
| Downloads all time | 46.4 M | 30.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-03-10 | 2024-06-03 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
4.7 M3.1 M
gemma-3-1b-it
Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-1b-it · fp16
2.8 GB / 24 GB
Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct · fp16
4.1 GB / 24 GB