gemma-4-31B-it-FP8-block vs SmolVLM-256M-Instruct

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 28 July 2026.

RedHatAI · A · Open weights
Params
31.3 B
Context
—
30d
936 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
HuggingFaceTB · B · Open weights
Params
260 M
Context
—
30d
872 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification gemma-4-31B-it-FP8-block SmolVLM-256M-Instruct
Parameters 31.3 B 260 M
Architecture Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration Idefics3ForConditionalGeneration
Context length — —
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — 1
Downloads 30d 936,323 871,636
Downloads all time 10.0 M 7.5 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-04-03 2025-01-17

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

3.4 M872 K
gemma-4-31B-it-FP8-block SmolVLM-256M-Instruct

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

SmolVLM-256M-Instruct · fp16 1.1 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
gemma-4-31B-it-FP8-block · fp16 41.8 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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