What are the hardware requirements for Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML?

Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML requires approximately 28.6 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML and how large is it?

Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML is developed by TheBloke, a model with 70b 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 Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML?

Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML by TheBloke — VRAM 28.6GB

Name: Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML
Author: TheBloke

Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML is an open-source language model by TheBloke. Features: 70b LLM, VRAM: 28.6GB, License: llama2, Quantized, LLM Explorer Score: 0.08.

Base model:finetune:jondurbin/... Base model:jondurbin/airoboros... Ggml Llama Quantized Region:us

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Airoboros-L2-70B-2.1-Creative-GGML

Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML Parameters and Internals

Model Type

llama

Additional Notes

This model is a merge of llama-2-70b with the "creative" adapter, specifically focused on creative tasks.

LLM Name	Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative GGML
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Airoboros-L2-70B-2.1-Creative-GGML
Model Name	Airoboros L2 70B 2.1 Creative
Model Creator	Jon Durbin
Base Model(s)	jondurbin/airoboros-l2-70b-2.1-creative jondurbin/airoboros-l2-70b-2.1-creative
Model Size	70b
Required VRAM	28.6 GB
Updated	2026-07-26
Maintainer	TheBloke
Model Type	llama
Model Files	28.6 GB 36.1 GB 33.0 GB 29.7 GB 38.9 GB 43.2 GB 41.4 GB 38.9 GB 47.5 GB 48.8 GB 47.5 GB
GGML Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	ggml
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	llama2

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Note: green Score (e.g. "73.2") means that the model is better than TheBloke/Airoboros-L2-70B-2.1-Creative-GGML.