Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct vs Llama-2-7b-chat-hf
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Llama-2-7b-chat-hf |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.0 B | 6.7 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | llama3.1 | llama2 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Conditional |
| Languages | 8 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 8,014,793 | 752,609 |
| Downloads all time | 175.3 M | 31.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-07-18 | 2023-07-13 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
8.0 M617 K
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Llama-2-7b-chat-hf
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Llama-2-7b-chat-hf · fp16
16.3 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct · fp16
19.4 GB / 24 GB