Qwen3-1.7B vs Qwen3-0.6B-Base
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
Qwen · B · Open weights
Params
600 M
Context
32,768
30d
612 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-1.7B | Qwen3-0.6B-Base |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 2.0 B | 600 M |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Qwen3ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 32,768 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 3,732,406 | 612,410 |
| Downloads all time | 68.4 M | 8.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2025-04-28 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
7.4 M593 K
Qwen3-1.7B
Qwen3-0.6B-Base
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-0.6B-Base · fp16
1.9 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-1.7B · fp16
5.3 GB / 24 GB