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distilbert-base-uncased vs distilroberta-base
Distilbert-base-uncased has 67M parameters and distilroberta-base has 83M parameters; both are released under Apache License 2.0; at 16-bit, distilbert-base-uncased needs about 0.2 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour) and distilroberta-base about 0.2 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour).
| Field | distilbert-base-uncased distilbert/distilbert-base-uncased | distilroberta-base distilbert/distilroberta-base |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | DistilBERT community | DistilBERT community |
| Task | Fill mask | Fill mask |
| Modality | Text | Text |
| Parameters, as reported | 67M parameters | 83M parameters |
| Architecture | DistilBertForMaskedLM | RobertaForMaskedLM |
| Library | transformers | transformers |
| Context length | 512 tokens | 514 tokens |
| Repository size | 1.5 GB | 2.0 GB |
| Artifact formats | safetensors, pytorch, jax, rust, tf | safetensors, pytorch, jax, rust, tf |
| License | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Access | Open weights, no gate | Open weights, no gate |
| Memory at 16-bit (weights and margin) | 0.2 GB | 0.2 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 16-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Memory at 4-bit (weights and margin) | 0 GB | 0 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 4-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Revision viewed | 12040accade4 | fb53ab880285 |
| Downloads reported by the hub | 7.5M | 1.4M |
| Last observed | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
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Questions
Which is larger, distilbert-base-uncased or distilroberta-base?
distilroberta-base (83M parameters) is larger than distilbert-base-uncased (67M parameters), by the parameter counts their publishers report.
Which is cheaper to run, distilbert-base-uncased or distilroberta-base?
At 4-bit, distilbert-base-uncased fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour and distilroberta-base on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.
Can I use distilbert-base-uncased commercially?
Yes. distilbert-base-uncased is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.
Can I use distilroberta-base commercially?
Yes. distilroberta-base is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.