Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct vs moondream2

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.

Qwen · A

Params

2.2 B

Context

32,768

30d

3.0 M

apache-2.0 · commercial OK

vikhyatk · B

Params

1.9 B

Context

—

30d

2.6 M

apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification	Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct	moondream2
Parameters	2.2 B	1.9 B
Architecture	Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration	HfMoondream
Context length	32,768	—
Licence	apache-2.0	apache-2.0
Commercial use	Allowed	Allowed
Languages	1	—
Downloads 30d	2,999,059	2,621,574
Downloads all time	46.0 M	34.9 M
Quantizations on the Hub	SAFETENSORS	SAFETENSORS
Gated	No	No
First seen on the Hub	2024-08-28	2024-03-04

Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)

3.1 M2.3 M

Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct moondream2

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

moondream2 · fp16 5.0 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably

Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct · fp16 5.7 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably