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Instinct AIInstinct AI

Solar 7B

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huggingfaceHuggingFace
Dec 2023Released8K tokensContextApache 2.0License4 EntryQuality

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— copy & paste to run locally
Ollama
ollama run solar-7b
HuggingFace
huggingface-cli download solar-7b

Quick specs

Parameters7B
Architecturedense
Context8K tokens
Modalitytext
Min RAM2.7 GB
Rec. RAM4.3 GB (Q4_K_M)
LicenseApache 2.0
FamilySolar
✓ Chat✓ Reasoning

About this model

Solar 7B is Upstage's efficient language model built on a depth-upscaled architecture. Offers strong instruction following and reasoning performance optimized for single-GPU inference.

Your hardware

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Quick picks

Intel
Best budgetC
Intel Arc B580 12GB~$249 — 51 tok/s
NVIDIA
Best overallB
RTX 3080 10GB~$699 — 135 tok/s

Best hardware

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Quantization options

VRAM estimates by quant level

No hardware detected — fit column shows raw VRAM estimates

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
2.7 GB
Low—
Q3_K_S
3
3.4 GB
Low—
NVFP4
4
3.9 GB
Medium—
Q4_K_M
4
4.3 GB
Medium—
Q5_K_M
5
5.0 GB
High—
Q6_K
6
5.7 GB
High—
Q8_0
8
7.5 GB
Very High—
F16
16
14.3 GB
Maximum—

Hardware compatibility

Fit estimates across all hardware

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Computing compatibility...

Memory breakdown

Reference: NVIDIA A10 24GB

Weights4.3 GB
KV Cache1.1 GB
Runtime0.9 GB
Headroom2.4 GB