moondream2 vs Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | moondream2 | Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.9 B | 2.1 B |
| Architecture | HfMoondream | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 1,938,824 | 3,026,688 |
| Downloads all time | 37.8 M | 217.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-03-04 | 2025-10-19 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
3.1 M1.6 M
moondream2
Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
moondream2 · fp16
5.0 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct · fp16
5.5 GB / 24 GB