Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct vs Qwen3-1.7B
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 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.2 B | 2.0 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | Qwen3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 40,960 |
| Licence | llama3.2 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | 8 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 7,000,841 | 3,782,599 |
| Downloads all time | 103.7 M | 62.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-18 | 2025-04-27 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
10.4 M3.4 M
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
Qwen3-1.7B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct · fp16
3.4 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-1.7B · fp16
5.3 GB / 24 GB