Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct vs Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct | Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 3.1 B | 3.2 B |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | — |
| Licence | other | llama3.2 |
| Commercial use | Unknown | Conditional |
| Languages | 1 | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 5,952,246 | 1,466,504 |
| Downloads all time | 110.0 M | 46.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-17 | 2024-09-18 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
6.0 M1.5 M
Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct · fp16
7.8 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct · fp16
8.0 GB / 24 GB