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Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct

by Qwen Qwen/Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct

We're excited to unveil Qwen2-VL, the latest iteration of our Qwen-VL model, representing nearly a year of innovation.

Parameters2.2B
Context32,768
Weights4.4 GB
Licenseapache-2.0
AccessOpen weights
Monthly Downloads2.1M

Runs On

What it takes to serve Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct (2.2B parameters): the memory its weights need at each precision, and the cheapest way to rent enough data-center GPUs to hold them.

PrecisionWeightsMemory neededCheapest setupPer hourAlso fits
16-bit 4.4 GB 5.3 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
8-bit 2.2 GB 2.7 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
4-bit 1.1 GB 1.3 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00

Memory is the weights at that precision plus 20% for the runtime and a short context; a long context needs more. Prices are the lowest on-demand hourly rates in the SAVRN Index, read Sep 18, 2026.

Model Card

By Qwen, published under apache-2.0, revision 895c3a49bc3f.

Introduction

We're excited to unveil Qwen2-VL, the latest iteration of our Qwen-VL model, representing nearly a year of innovation.

What’s New in Qwen2-VL?

Key Enhancements:
  • SoTA understanding of images of various resolution & ratio: Qwen2-VL achieves state-of-the-art performance on visual understanding benchmarks, including MathVista, DocVQA, RealWorldQA, MTVQA, etc.

  • Understanding videos of 20min+: Qwen2-VL can understand videos over 20 minutes for high-quality video-based question answering, dialog, content creation, etc.

  • Agent that can operate your mobiles, robots, etc.: with the abilities of complex reasoning and decision making, Qwen2-VL can be integrated with devices like mobile phones, robots, etc., for automatic operation based on visual environment and text instructions.

  • Multilingual Support: to serve global users, besides English and Chinese, Qwen2-VL now supports the understanding of texts in different languages inside images, including most European languages, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Vietnamese, etc.

Model Architecture Updates:

Read the full model card (1,904 words)

Configuration

Architecture
Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration
Context length (tokens)
32,768
Layers
28
Hidden size
1,536
Feed-forward size
8,960
Attention heads
12
Key/value heads
2
Vocabulary size
151,936
Sliding window (tokens)
32,768
RoPE base
1e+06
Stored precision
bfloat16
Model type
qwen2_vl

Identity and Version

Repository
Qwen/Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct
Publisher
Qwen
Task
Image and text to text
Modality
Image and text
Library
transformers
Parameters
2.2B parameters
Languages
en
Revision
895c3a49bc3fa70a340399125c650a463535e71c
First published
2024-08-28
Last updated
2025-01-12

Files and Weights

14 files, 4.4 GB in total. The weights are 2 files totalling 4.4 GB in safetensors.

Weights2 files · 4.4 GB
Configuration5 files · 59.3 KB
Tokenizer4 files · 11.5 MB
Documentation2 files · 28.7 KB
Repository1 file · 1.5 KB
Every file
FileTypeSizeSHA-256
model-00001-of-00002.safetensorsWeights4.0 GB 994ac2b03f97
model-00002-of-00002.safetensorsWeights429.4 MB 92540d8353c8
chat_template.jsonConfiguration1.1 KB
config.jsonConfiguration1.2 KB
generation_config.jsonConfiguration272 B
model.safetensors.index.jsonConfiguration56.4 KB
preprocessor_config.jsonConfiguration347 B
LICENSEDocumentation11.3 KB
README.mdDocumentation17.4 KB
.gitattributesRepository1.5 KB
merges.txtTokenizer1.7 MB
tokenizer.jsonTokenizer7.0 MB
tokenizer_config.jsonTokenizer4.2 KB
vocab.jsonTokenizer2.8 MB

License and Download

License
apache-2.0
Access
Open weights, no gate
Download size
4.4 GB
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Released by Qwen through ModelScope. Read the license.

Built From

Memory Requirements

PrecisionWeights in memory
As published4.4 GB
16-bit4.4 GB
8-bit2.2 GB
4-bit1.1 GB

Weights only, from the published parameter count; the key-value cache and runtime add to this.

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Questions About Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct

How much GPU memory does Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct need?

About 5.3 GB at 16-bit and 1.3 GB at 4-bit: the weights (2.2B parameters) plus a working margin. A long context needs more.

What is the cheapest GPU to run Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct on?

At 16-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour; at 4-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.

Can I use Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct commercially?

Yes. Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct 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.

What is Qwen2-VL-2B-Instruct's context length?

32,768 tokens, from the maximum position embeddings in its published configuration.

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