SmolLM2-135M vs tiny_starcoder_py
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | SmolLM2-135M | tiny_starcoder_py |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 130 M | 160 M |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | GPTBigCodeForCausalLM |
| Context length | 8,192 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | bigcode-openrail-m |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 2,105,264 | 280,778 |
| Downloads all time | 20.6 M | 1.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-10-31 | 2023-05-15 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
2.6 M214 K
SmolLM2-135M
tiny_starcoder_py
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
SmolLM2-135M · fp16
0.8 GB / 24 GB
tiny_starcoder_py · fp16
1.2 GB / 24 GB