Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct vs Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 22 September 2026.
meta-llama · A · Open weights
Params
8.0 B
Context
—
30d
386 K
llama3 licence · conditional
unsloth · B · Open weights
Params
7.6 B
Context
32,768
30d
130 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct | Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.0 B | 7.6 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | Qwen2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 32,768 |
| Licence | llama3 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | 13 |
| Downloads 30d | 385,543 | 130,171 |
| Downloads all time | 49.1 M | 2.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-04-17 | 2024-09-18 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
2.0 M130 K
Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct · fp16
18.4 GB / 24 GB
Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct · fp16
19.4 GB / 24 GB