gpt2 vs opt-125m
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gpt2 | opt-125m |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 140 M | 125 M |
| Architecture | GPT2LMHeadModel | OPTForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 2,048 |
| Licence | mit | other |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 15,362,811 | 7,387,919 |
| Downloads all time | 925.8 M | 213.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | — |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2022-03-02 | 2022-05-11 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
18.6 M7.4 M
gpt2
opt-125m
A overtook B on 27 Aug
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gpt2 · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB