Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct vs Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 August 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
1.5 B
Context
32,768
30d
144 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
microsoft · B · Open weights
Params
3.8 B
Context
131,072
30d
367 K
mit · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini-instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.5 B | 3.8 B |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | Phi3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 144,329 | 367,275 |
| Downloads all time | 31.9 M | 13.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-06-03 | 2024-08-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
2.4 M144 K
Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct · fp16
4.1 GB / 24 GB
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct · fp16 @ 128K ctx
18.1 GB / 24 GB