Qwen3-1.7B vs gemma-1.1-2b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-1.7B | gemma-1.1-2b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 2.0 B | 2.5 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | GemmaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 7,765,125 | 209,209 |
| Downloads all time | 56.3 M | 3.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-03-26 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
7.8 M200 K
Qwen3-1.7B
gemma-1.1-2b-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-1.7B · fp16
5.3 GB / 24 GB
gemma-1.1-2b-it · fp16
6.4 GB / 24 GB