Llama-3.2-1B vs Qwen3-0.6B-Base
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 30 August 2026.
meta-llama · A · Open weights
Params
1.2 B
Context
—
30d
477 K
llama3.2 licence · conditional
Qwen · B · Open weights
Params
600 M
Context
32,768
30d
612 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Llama-3.2-1B | Qwen3-0.6B-Base |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.2 B | 600 M |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | Qwen3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 32,768 |
| Licence | llama3.2 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | 8 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 477,238 | 612,410 |
| Downloads all time | 60.2 M | 8.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-18 | 2025-04-28 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
1.8 M432 K
Llama-3.2-1B
Qwen3-0.6B-Base
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-0.6B-Base · fp16
1.9 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.2-1B · fp16
3.4 GB / 24 GB