gpt2 vs gemma-3-270m-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gpt2 | gemma-3-270m-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 140 M | 270 M |
| Architecture | GPT2LMHeadModel | Gemma3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | mit | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 13,734,664 | 345,702 |
| Downloads all time | 901.9 M | 2.9 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2022-03-02 | 2025-07-30 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
13.9 M345 K
gpt2
gemma-3-270m-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gpt2 · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB
gemma-3-270m-it · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB