Qwen 2.5 (3B Instruct)
Qwen · ~3B parameters · Under 4B · Last reviewed 2026-03-20
Why we use it
Compact Qwen tier for multilingual SLM tracks when 7B is too heavy but Phi-class baselines need an alternative.
License summary
Apache 2.0 for several Qwen 2.5 open weights - some derivatives use different licenses; read the card per checkpoint.
Typical deployment profiles
- Edge / low footprint
- VPC, single GPU class
Focus tags
- General
- Multilingual
- Code
Typical use cases
- Multilingual edge bots
- Student checkpoints
- Low-footprint RAG