Qwen3-1.7B vs SmolLM2-1.7B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-1.7B | SmolLM2-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 2.0 B | 1.7 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 8,192 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 3,619,571 | 243,405 |
| Downloads all time | 62.1 M | 1.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-10-30 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
7.8 M202 K
Qwen3-1.7B
SmolLM2-1.7B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
SmolLM2-1.7B · fp16
4.5 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-1.7B · fp16
5.3 GB / 24 GB