Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct vs gemma-3-1b-it-GGUF
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
unsloth · A · Open weights
Params
1.2 B
Context
131,072
30d
1.2 M
llama3.2 licence · conditional
lmstudio-community · B · Open weights
Params
1.0 B
Context
—
30d
187 K
gemma licence · conditional
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct | gemma-3-1b-it-GGUF |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.2 B | 1.0 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | — |
| Context length | 131,072 | — |
| Licence | llama3.2 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Conditional |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 1,210,384 | 187,454 |
| Downloads all time | 6.1 M | 502 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | GGUF |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-25 | 2025-03-12 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
1.4 M147 K
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
gemma-3-1b-it-GGUF
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-1b-it-GGUF · Q4_K_M
1.5 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct · fp16 @ 128K ctx
6.2 GB / 24 GB