ner-english-fast vs distilbert-NER
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | ner-english-fast | distilbert-NER |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 70 M |
| Architecture | — | DistilBertForTokenClassification |
| Context length | — | 512 |
| Licence | — | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Unknown | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 543,320 | 237,094 |
| Downloads all time | 26.8 M | 2.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2022-03-02 | 2024-01-25 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
543 K237 K
ner-english-fast
distilbert-NER
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
distilbert-NER · fp16
0.8 GB / 24 GB