Qwen3-1.7B vs granite-4.1-3b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-1.7B | granite-4.1-3b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 2.0 B | 3.4 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | GraniteForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 131,072 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 7,765,125 | 328,863 |
| Downloads all time | 56.3 M | 888 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2026-04-06 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
7.8 M329 K
Qwen3-1.7B
granite-4.1-3b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-1.7B · fp16
5.3 GB / 24 GB
granite-4.1-3b · fp16 @ 128K ctx
16.1 GB / 24 GB