Qwen3-0.6B vs Qwen2.5-1.5B-quantized.w8a8
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 7 September 2026.
RedHatAI · B · Open weights
Params
1.8 B
Context
32,768
30d
190 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-0.6B | Qwen2.5-1.5B-quantized.w8a8 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 750 M | 1.8 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Qwen2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 32,768 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 20,728,069 | 189,852 |
| Downloads all time | 261.3 M | 7.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-10-09 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
31.2 M190 K
Qwen3-0.6B
Qwen2.5-1.5B-quantized.w8a8
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-0.6B · fp16
2.3 GB / 24 GB
Qwen2.5-1.5B-quantized.w8a8 · fp16
3.2 GB / 24 GB