Qwen3-0.6B vs gemma-2-2b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 5 November 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-0.6B | gemma-2-2b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 750 M | 2.6 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Gemma2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 20,728,069 | 141,350 |
| Downloads all time | 261.3 M | 12.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-07-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
31.2 M141 K
Qwen3-0.6B
gemma-2-2b-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-0.6B · fp16
2.3 GB / 24 GB
gemma-2-2b-it · fp16
6.6 GB / 24 GB