What are the hardware requirements for Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF?

Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF requires approximately 4.6 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF and how large is it?

Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF is developed by MaziyarPanahi, a model with 13b parameters. The model is published as open weights on Hugging Face and indexed on LLM Explorer with full benchmark history.

Where can I download or evaluate Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF?

Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF by MaziyarPanahi — VRAM 4.6GB

Name: Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF
Author: MaziyarPanahi

Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF is an open-source language model by MaziyarPanahi. Features: 13b LLM, VRAM: 4.6GB, Quantized, LLM Explorer Score: 0.13.

2-bit 3-bit 4-bit 5-bit 6-bit 8-bit Autotrain compatible Base model:mergekit-community/... Base model:nousresearch/hermes... Base model:quantized:mergekit-... Conversational Endpoints compatible Gguf Llama Merge Mergekit Mistral Quantized Region:us Safetensors

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/MaziyarPanahi/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-13B-GGUF

Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF Parameters and Internals

Model Type

text-generation

Additional Notes

Quantized by MaziyarPanahi using a new GGUF format introduced by the llama.cpp team.

LLM Name	Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 13B GGUF
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/MaziyarPanahi/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-13B-GGUF
Model Name	Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-13B-GGUF
Model Creator	mergekit-community
Base Model(s)	mergekit-community/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-13B mergekit-community/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-13B
Model Size	13b
Required VRAM	4.6 GB
Updated	2026-07-15
Maintainer	MaziyarPanahi
Model Type	mistral
Model Files	4.6 GB 6.4 GB 5.9 GB 5.3 GB 7.3 GB 6.9 GB 8.5 GB 8.3 GB 9.8 GB 12.7 GB
GGUF Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	gguf
Model Architecture	AutoModel

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Instruction Following and Task Automation
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Text Generation
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Code Generation
Multi-Language Support and Translation

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