PowerMoE-3b vs phi-2
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 September 2026.
ibm-research · A · Open weights
Params
3.4 B
Context
4,096
30d
171 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | PowerMoE-3b | phi-2 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 3.4 B | 2.8 B |
| Architecture | GraniteMoeForCausalLM | PhiForCausalLM |
| Context length | 4,096 | 2,048 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 170,877 | 177,546 |
| Downloads all time | 12.0 M | 23.9 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-08-14 | 2023-12-13 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
1.6 M171 K
PowerMoE-3b
phi-2
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
phi-2 · fp16
7.0 GB / 24 GB
PowerMoE-3b · fp16
15.9 GB / 24 GB