Qwen3-1.7B-Base vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 29 September 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
1.7 B
Context
32,768
30d
573 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
mlx-community · B · Open weights
Params
1.3 B
Context
131,072
30d
228 K
llama3.1 licence · conditional
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-1.7B-Base | Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.7 B | 1.3 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 32,768 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3.1 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 573,471 | 228,220 |
| Downloads all time | 8.5 M | 1.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-28 | 2025-02-15 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (28 Jul – 25 Oct)
1.9 M185 K
Qwen3-1.7B-Base
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-1.7B-Base · fp16
4.5 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit · fp16 @ 128K ctx
8.5 GB / 24 GB