gemma-3-270m vs SmolLM2-135M
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gemma-3-270m | SmolLM2-135M |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 270 M | 130 M |
| Architecture | Gemma3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 8,192 |
| Licence | gemma | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 2,148,430 | 1,824,932 |
| Downloads all time | 15.7 M | 17.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-08-05 | 2024-10-31 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
2.1 M1.7 M
gemma-3-270m
SmolLM2-135M
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
SmolLM2-135M · fp16
0.8 GB / 24 GB
gemma-3-270m · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB