Qwen3-0.6B vs Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-0.6B | Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 750 M | 1.2 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3.2 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 22,967,391 | 7,000,841 |
| Downloads all time | 217.3 M | 103.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-09-18 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
30.1 M6.0 M
Qwen3-0.6B
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-0.6B · fp16
2.3 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct · fp16
3.4 GB / 24 GB