DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs Nemotron Research Reasoning Qwen 1.5B
Side-by-side comparison of VRAM requirements, quantization, context length, and hardware compatibility.
Specifications
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B | Nemotron Research Reasoning Qwen 1.5B | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.8B | 1.8B |
| Context | 131K | 131K |
| Architecture | Qwen2ForCausalLM | Qwen2ForCausalLM |
| License | MIT | CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| Downloads | 788.2K | 3.3K |
| Released | Feb 2025 | Nov 2025 |
VRAM by Quantization: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs Nemotron Research Reasoning Qwen 1.5B
| Quantization | Bits | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B VRAM | Nemotron Research Reasoning Qwen 1.5B VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 3.40 | 1.1 GB | — |
| Q3_K_M | 3.90 | 1.2 GB | — |
| Q4_K_M | 4.80 | 1.4 GB | — |
| Q5_K_M | 5.70 | 1.6 GB | — |
| Q6_K | 6.60 | 1.8 GB | — |
| Q8_0 | 8.00 | 2.1 GB | — |
Verdict
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is the more widely downloaded of the two.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which has a longer context window, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B or Nemotron Research Reasoning Qwen 1.5B?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B supports 131,072 tokens and Nemotron Research Reasoning Qwen 1.5B supports 131,072 tokens.
- What is the difference between DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B and Nemotron Research Reasoning Qwen 1.5B?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is a 1.8B model from DeepSeek (Qwen family), while Nemotron Research Reasoning Qwen 1.5B is a 1.8B model from NVIDIA (Qwen family). Compare their VRAM requirements above to see which fits your GPU or Mac.