Qwen3-4B vs Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-AWQ
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 9 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-4B | Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-AWQ |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.0 B | 7.6 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | Qwen2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 40,960 | 32,768 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 6,283,681 | 3,593,565 |
| Downloads all time | 78.0 M | 21.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-04-27 | 2024-09-17 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 44 days (28 Jul – 9 Sep)
6.4 M3.6 M
Qwen3-4B
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-AWQ
A overtook B on 14 Aug
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-AWQ · fp16
7.8 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-4B · fp16
10.0 GB / 24 GB