Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct vs gemma-3-1b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct | gemma-3-1b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.5 B | 1.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | Gemma3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 7,439,987 | 3,077,946 |
| Downloads all time | 218.7 M | 51.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-17 | 2025-03-10 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
14.2 M2.5 M
Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct
gemma-3-1b-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-3-1b-it · fp16
2.8 GB / 24 GB
Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct · fp16
4.1 GB / 24 GB