Qwen3-1.7B vs starcoder2-3b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-1.7B | starcoder2-3b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 2.0 B | 3.0 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Starcoder2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 16,384 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | bigcode-openrail-m |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 7,765,125 | 183,925 |
| Downloads all time | 56.3 M | 7.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2023-11-29 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
7.8 M183 K
Qwen3-1.7B
starcoder2-3b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-1.7B · fp16
5.3 GB / 24 GB
starcoder2-3b · fp16
14.3 GB / 24 GB