gemma-3-1b-it vs Qwen2.5-0.5B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gemma-3-1b-it | Qwen2.5-0.5B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.0 B | 490 M |
| Architecture | Gemma3ForCausalLM | Qwen2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 32,768 |
| Licence | gemma | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 4,749,309 | 2,599,813 |
| Downloads all time | 46.4 M | 27.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-03-10 | 2024-09-15 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
4.7 M2.6 M
gemma-3-1b-it
Qwen2.5-0.5B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2.5-0.5B · fp16
1.7 GB / 24 GB
gemma-3-1b-it · fp16
2.8 GB / 24 GB