SmolLM-1.7B-Instruct-quantized.w4a16 vs Kimi-K3-DSpark
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
nm-testing · A
Params
1.8 B
Context
2,048
30d
571 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | SmolLM-1.7B-Instruct-quantized.w4a16 | Kimi-K3-DSpark |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.8 B | 2.3 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | DSparkDraftModel |
| Context length | 2,048 | 1,048,576 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | — |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 571,201 | 3,658,082 |
| Downloads all time | 5.5 M | 6.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-08-23 | 2026-07-27 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
3.7 M168 K
SmolLM-1.7B-Instruct-quantized.w4a16
Kimi-K3-DSpark
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
SmolLM-1.7B-Instruct-quantized.w4a16 · fp16
2.7 GB / 24 GB
Kimi-K3-DSpark · fp16 @ 1024K ctx
48.6 GB / 24 GB