Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct vs starcoder2-3b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct | starcoder2-3b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.2 B | 3.0 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | Starcoder2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 16,384 |
| Licence | llama3.2 | bigcode-openrail-m |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Unknown |
| Languages | 8 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 10,412,058 | 183,925 |
| Downloads all time | 92.8 M | 7.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-18 | 2023-11-29 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
10.4 M183 K
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
starcoder2-3b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct · fp16
3.4 GB / 24 GB
starcoder2-3b · fp16
14.3 GB / 24 GB