What are the hardware requirements for Merlinite 7B GGUF?

Merlinite 7B GGUF requires approximately 2.7 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed Merlinite 7B GGUF and how large is it?

Merlinite 7B GGUF is developed by MaziyarPanahi, a model with 7b 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 Merlinite 7B GGUF?

Merlinite 7B GGUF is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Merlinite 7B GGUF by MaziyarPanahi — VRAM 2.7GB

Name: Merlinite 7B GGUF
Author: MaziyarPanahi

Merlinite 7B GGUF is an open-source language model by MaziyarPanahi. Features: 7b LLM, VRAM: 2.7GB, Quantized, LLM Explorer Score: 0.11.

Arxiv:2403.01081 2-bit 3-bit 4-bit 5-bit 6-bit 8-bit Autotrain compatible Base model:ibm-research/merlin... Base model:mistralai/mistral-7... Base model:quantized:ibm-resea... En Endpoints compatible Gguf Has space Ibm Lab Labrador Labradorite Merlinite Mistral Quantized Region:us Safetensors

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/MaziyarPanahi/merlinite-7b-GGUF

Merlinite 7B GGUF Parameters and Internals

Model Type

text-generation

Additional Notes

The model is available in GGUF format and includes quantized versions in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8-bit. It's compatible with autotrain and endpoints, and primarily supports US regions.

LLM Name	Merlinite 7B GGUF
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/MaziyarPanahi/merlinite-7b-GGUF
Model Name	merlinite-7b-GGUF
Model Creator	ibm
Base Model(s)	Merlinite 7B ibm/merlinite-7b
Model Size	7b
Required VRAM	2.7 GB
Updated	2026-08-05
Maintainer	MaziyarPanahi
Model Type	mistral
Model Files	3.9 GB 2.7 GB 3.8 GB 3.5 GB 3.2 GB 4.4 GB 4.1 GB 5.1 GB 5.0 GB 5.9 GB 7.7 GB
GGUF Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	gguf
Model Architecture	AutoModel

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