phi-2 vs gemma-2-2b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | phi-2 | gemma-2-2b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 2.8 B | 2.6 B |
| Architecture | PhiForCausalLM | Gemma2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 2,048 | — |
| Licence | mit | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 177,546 | 141,350 |
| Downloads all time | 23.9 M | 12.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2023-12-13 | 2024-07-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
1.6 M141 K
phi-2
gemma-2-2b-it
A overtook B on 4 Oct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-2-2b-it · fp16
6.6 GB / 24 GB
phi-2 · fp16
7.0 GB / 24 GB