Which has a longer context window, ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview or Arch Router 1.5B?

ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview supports 4,096 tokens and Arch Router 1.5B supports 32,768 tokens.

What is the difference between ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview and Arch Router 1.5B?

ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview is a 7.0B model from humain-ai, while Arch Router 1.5B is a 1.5B model from katanemo. Compare their VRAM requirements above to see which fits your GPU or Mac.

ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview vs Arch Router 1.5B

Side-by-side comparison of VRAM requirements, quantization, context length, and hardware compatibility.

ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview

humain-ai · 7.0B

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Arch Router 1.5B

katanemo · 1.5B

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Specifications

	ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview	Arch Router 1.5B
Parameters	7.0B	1.5B
Context	4K	33K
Architecture	LlamaForCausalLM	Qwen2ForCausalLM
License	Apache 2.0	Other
Downloads	8.8K	1.6K
Released	Jul 2025	Apr 2026

VRAM by Quantization: ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview vs Arch Router 1.5B

Quantization	Bits	ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview VRAM	Arch Router 1.5B VRAM
BF16	16.00	15.4 GB	—
FP16	16.00	—	3.5 GB

Verdict

Arch Router 1.5B supports a longer context window (33K tokens). ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview is the more widely downloaded of the two.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which has a longer context window, ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview or Arch Router 1.5B?: ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview supports 4,096 tokens and Arch Router 1.5B supports 32,768 tokens.
What is the difference between ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview and Arch Router 1.5B?: ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview is a 7.0B model from humain-ai, while Arch Router 1.5B is a 1.5B model from katanemo. Compare their VRAM requirements above to see which fits your GPU or Mac.