t5-base vs mbart-large-en-ro
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | t5-base | mbart-large-en-ro |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 220 M | 610 M |
| Architecture | T5ForConditionalGeneration | — |
| Context length | — | 1,024 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 4 | 2 |
| Downloads 30d | 2,433,433 | 101,755 |
| Downloads all time | 173.7 M | 2.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2022-03-02 | 2022-03-02 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
4.5 M71 K
t5-base
mbart-large-en-ro
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
t5-base · fp16
1.5 GB / 24 GB
mbart-large-en-ro · fp16
1.9 GB / 24 GB