Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 9 September 2026.
mlx-community · B
Params
1.3 B
Context
131,072
30d
905 K
llama3.1 licence · conditional
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct | Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.2 B | 1.3 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 131,072 |
| Licence | llama3.2 | llama3.1 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Conditional |
| Languages | 8 | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 6,107,196 | 904,691 |
| Downloads all time | 100.5 M | 946 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-18 | 2025-02-15 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 44 days (28 Jul – 9 Sep)
10.4 M185 K
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct · fp16
3.4 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit · fp16 @ 128K ctx
8.5 GB / 24 GB