nllb-200-distilled-600M vs t5-large

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

facebook · A · Open weights
Params
600 M
Context
1,024
30d
932 K
cc-by-nc-4.0 · non-commercial
google-t5 · B · Open weights
Params
740 M
Context
—
30d
230 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification nllb-200-distilled-600M t5-large
Parameters 600 M 740 M
Architecture M2M100ForConditionalGeneration T5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length 1,024 —
Licence cc-by-nc-4.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Not allowed Allowed
Languages 196 5
Downloads 30d 931,944 230,289
Downloads all time 31.4 M 29.5 M
Quantizations on the Hub — SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2022-07-08 2022-03-02

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

1.5 M156 K
nllb-200-distilled-600M t5-large

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

t5-large · fp16 3.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

Adjacent comparisons