Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct vs granite-4.1-30b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 14 September 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
14.8 B
Context
32,768
30d
827 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
ibm-granite · B · Open weights
Params
28.9 B
Context
131,072
30d
187 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct | granite-4.1-30b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 14.8 B | 28.9 B |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | GraniteForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 826,546 | 186,876 |
| Downloads all time | 49.7 M | 931 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-16 | 2026-04-06 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 88 days (28 Jul – 23 Oct)
3.4 M177 K
Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct
granite-4.1-30b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct · fp16
35.2 GB / 24 GB
granite-4.1-30b · fp16 @ 128K ctx
133.3 GB / 24 GB