Qwen3-4B vs gemma-2-2b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-4B | gemma-2-2b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.0 B | 2.6 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Gemma2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 6,941,310 | 663,331 |
| Downloads all time | 80.5 M | 11.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-07-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
7.3 M557 K
Qwen3-4B
gemma-2-2b-it
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-2-2b-it · fp16
6.6 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-4B · fp16
10.0 GB / 24 GB