Qwen2.5-0.5B vs gemma-3-270m
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2.5-0.5B | gemma-3-270m |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 490 M | 270 M |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | Gemma3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 2,599,813 | 2,148,430 |
| Downloads all time | 27.1 M | 15.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-15 | 2025-08-05 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
2.7 M2.0 M
Qwen2.5-0.5B
gemma-3-270m
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-270m · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB
Qwen2.5-0.5B · fp16
1.7 GB / 24 GB