t5-base vs byt5-leetspeak-decoder

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

google-t5 · A · Open weights
Params
220 M
Context
—
30d
2.8 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
ilyyeees · B · Open weights
Params
582 M
Context
—
30d
35 K
mit · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification t5-base byt5-leetspeak-decoder
Parameters 220 M 582 M
Architecture T5ForConditionalGeneration T5ForConditionalGeneration
Context length — —
Licence apache-2.0 mit
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 4 1
Downloads 30d 2,761,654 34,740
Downloads all time 177.9 M 36 K
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2022-03-02 2025-12-25

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

4.5 M29 K
t5-base byt5-leetspeak-decoder

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

t5-base · fp16 1.5 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
byt5-leetspeak-decoder · fp16 3.1 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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