t5-base vs nllb-200-1.3B

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
facebook · B · Open weights
Params
1.3 B
Context
1,024
30d
43 K
cc-by-nc-4.0 · non-commercial

Specification comparison

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Specification t5-base nllb-200-1.3B
Parameters 220 M 1.3 B
Architecture T5ForConditionalGeneration M2M100ForConditionalGeneration
Context length — 1,024
Licence apache-2.0 cc-by-nc-4.0
Commercial use Allowed Not allowed
Languages 4 196
Downloads 30d 2,761,654 42,830
Downloads all time 177.9 M 1.4 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS —
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2022-03-02 2022-07-08

Download trend

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

4.5 M43 K
t5-base nllb-200-1.3B

VRAM side by side

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

t5-base · fp16 1.5 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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