gemma-3-1b-it vs Zamba2-1.2B-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 | Zamba2-1.2B-instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.0 B | 1.2 B |
| Architecture | Gemma3ForCausalLM | Zamba2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 4,096 |
| Licence | gemma | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 4,749,309 | 429,320 |
| Downloads all time | 46.4 M | 2.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-03-10 | 2024-09-19 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
4.7 M413 K
gemma-3-1b-it
Zamba2-1.2B-instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-1b-it · fp16
2.8 GB / 24 GB
Zamba2-1.2B-instruct · fp16
6.0 GB / 24 GB