t5-small vs sarvam-translate

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

google-t5 · A · Open weights
Params
60 M
Context
—
30d
21.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
sarvamai · B · Open weights
Params
4.3 B
Context
—
30d
61 K

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification t5-small sarvam-translate
Parameters 60 M 4.3 B
Architecture T5ForConditionalGeneration Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration
Context length — —
Licence apache-2.0 gpl-3.0
Commercial use Allowed Unknown
Languages 5 23
Downloads 30d 21,647,788 61,379
Downloads all time 305.8 M 385 K
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2022-03-02 2025-06-07

Download trend

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

25.0 M60 K
t5-small sarvam-translate

VRAM side by side

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

t5-small · fp16 0.8 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
sarvam-translate · fp16 10.6 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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