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Stability AIStability AI

StableLM 2 12B

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272Downloads88LikesApr 2024Released4K tokensContextStability AI CommunityLicense3 EntryQuality

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Quick specs

Parameters12B
Architecturedense
Context4K tokens
Modalitytext
Min RAM4.7 GB
Rec. RAM8.6 GB (Q5_K_M)
LicenseStability AI Community
FamilyStableLM
✓ Chat

About this model

`Stable LM 2 12B Chat` is a 12 billion parameter instruction tuned language model trained on a mix of publicly available datasets and synthetic datasets, utilizing Direct Preference Optimization (DPO).

  • •Developed by: Stability AI
  • •Model type: StableLM 2 12B Chat model is an auto-regressive language model based on the transformer decoder architecture
  • •Language(s): English
  • •Paper: Stable LM 2 Chat Technical Report
  • •Library: Alignment Handbook

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AMD
Best budgetC
RX 7600 XT 16GB~$329 — 20 tok/s
NVIDIA
Best overallB
RTX 5080 16GB~$999 — 74 tok/s

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Top picks for StableLM 2 12B

NVIDIA
RTX 5080 Laptop 16GBB
16 GB
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RTX 5080 16GBB
16 GB
NVIDIA
RTX 4080 Super 16GBB
16 GB
NVIDIA
RTX 5070 Ti 16GBB
16 GB
NVIDIA
RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GBC
16 GB

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QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
4.7 GB
Low—
Q3_K_S
3
5.9 GB
Low—
NVFP4
4
6.7 GB
Medium—
Q4_K_M
4
7.3 GB
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Q5_K_M
5
8.6 GB
High—
Q6_K
6
9.8 GB
High—
Q8_0
8
12.8 GB
Very High—
F16
16
24.6 GB
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Memory breakdown

Reference: NVIDIA A10 24GB

Weights8.6 GB
KV Cache1.9 GB
Runtime0.9 GB
Headroom2.4 GB