Qwen3-1.7B vs Llama-3.2-1B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-1.7B | Llama-3.2-1B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 2.0 B | 1.2 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | llama3.2 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | 8 |
| Downloads 30d | 3,619,571 | 869,023 |
| Downloads all time | 62.1 M | 59.2 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 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
7.8 M869 K
Qwen3-1.7B
Llama-3.2-1B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Llama-3.2-1B · fp16
3.4 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-1.7B · fp16
5.3 GB / 24 GB