Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct vs Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct | Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 3.1 B | 3.8 B |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | Phi3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | 131,072 |
| Licence | other | mit |
| Commercial use | Unknown | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 4,751,814 | 213,742 |
| Downloads all time | 120.0 M | 12.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-17 | 2024-04-22 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
7.6 M214 K
Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct
Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct · fp16
7.8 GB / 24 GB
Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct · fp16 @ 128K ctx
18.1 GB / 24 GB