Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct vs opt-350m
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct | opt-350m |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 490 M | 350 M |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | OPTForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | 2,048 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | other |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 8,490,785 | 307,660 |
| Downloads all time | 69.2 M | 9.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | — |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-16 | 2022-05-11 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
8.5 M173 K
Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
opt-350m
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct · fp16
1.7 GB / 24 GB