Qwen3-4B vs phi-2
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-4B | phi-2 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.0 B | 2.8 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | PhiForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 2,048 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 6,941,310 | 556,469 |
| Downloads all time | 80.5 M | 23.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2023-12-13 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
7.3 M556 K
Qwen3-4B
phi-2
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
phi-2 · fp16
7.0 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-4B · fp16
10.0 GB / 24 GB