t5-small vs t5-3b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | t5-small | t5-3b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 60 M | 2.9 B |
| Architecture | T5ForConditionalGeneration | T5WithLMHeadModel |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 5 | 5 |
| Downloads 30d | 21,647,788 | 230,440 |
| Downloads all time | 305.8 M | 21.5 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 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
25.0 M220 K
t5-small
t5-3b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
t5-small · fp16
0.8 GB / 24 GB
t5-3b · fp16
13.5 GB / 24 GB