Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct vs gemma-2-2b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 14 August 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
1.5 B
Context
32,768
30d
144 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct | gemma-2-2b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.5 B | 2.6 B |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | Gemma2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 144,329 | 141,350 |
| Downloads all time | 31.9 M | 12.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-06-03 | 2024-07-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
2.4 M141 K
Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct
gemma-2-2b-it
A overtook B on 4 Nov
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct · fp16
4.1 GB / 24 GB
gemma-2-2b-it · fp16
6.6 GB / 24 GB