Qwen3-0.6B vs gemma-3-1b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-0.6B | gemma-3-1b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 750 M | 1.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Gemma3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 22,967,391 | 2,941,458 |
| Downloads all time | 217.3 M | 51.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2025-03-10 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
30.1 M2.5 M
Qwen3-0.6B
gemma-3-1b-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-0.6B · fp16
2.3 GB / 24 GB
gemma-3-1b-it · fp16
2.8 GB / 24 GB