Qwen2.5-0.5B vs gemma-3-270m-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 16 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2.5-0.5B | gemma-3-270m-it |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1,612,646 | 171,508 |
| Downloads all time | 29.8 M | 3.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-15 | 2025-07-30 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
2.7 M172 K
Qwen2.5-0.5B
gemma-3-270m-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-270m-it · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB
Qwen2.5-0.5B · fp16
1.7 GB / 24 GB