Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct vs Qwen3-1.7B-Base
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B-Base |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.5 B | 1.7 B |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | Qwen3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | 32,768 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 3,182,072 | 960,830 |
| Downloads all time | 30.3 M | 5.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-06-03 | 2025-04-28 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
3.3 M820 K
Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct
Qwen3-1.7B-Base
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct · fp16
4.1 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-1.7B-Base · fp16
4.5 GB / 24 GB