pythia-160m vs tiny_starcoder_py
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | pythia-160m | tiny_starcoder_py |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 210 M | 160 M |
| Architecture | GPTNeoXForCausalLM | GPTBigCodeForCausalLM |
| Context length | 2,048 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | bigcode-openrail-m |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 3,470,216 | 280,778 |
| Downloads all time | 26.2 M | 1.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2023-02-08 | 2023-05-15 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
3.5 M214 K
pythia-160m
tiny_starcoder_py
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
pythia-160m · fp16
0.9 GB / 24 GB
tiny_starcoder_py · fp16
1.2 GB / 24 GB