Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct vs Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct | Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.2 B | 490 M |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | Qwen2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 32,768 |
| Licence | llama3.2 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | 8 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 7,000,841 | 8,487,705 |
| Downloads all time | 103.7 M | 69.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-18 | 2024-09-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
10.4 M5.2 M
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct · fp16
1.7 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct · fp16
3.4 GB / 24 GB