Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct | Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 7.6 B | 8.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3.1 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | 1 | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 9,726,568 | 5,919,746 |
| Downloads all time | 182.2 M | 184.9 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-09-16 | 2024-07-18 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
12.3 M5.6 M
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct · fp16
18.4 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct · fp16
19.4 GB / 24 GB