What are the hardware requirements for Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML?

Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML requires approximately 2.9 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML and how large is it?

Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML is developed by TheBloke, 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 Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML?

Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML by TheBloke — VRAM 2.9GB

Name: Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML
Author: TheBloke

Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML is an open-source language model by TheBloke. Features: 7b LLM, VRAM: 2.9GB, License: llama2, Quantized, LLM Explorer Score: 0.08.

Base model:finetune:jondurbin/... Base model:jondurbin/airoboros... Dataset:jondurbin/airoboros-2.... Ggml Llama Quantized Region:us

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Airoboros-L2-7B-2.1-GGML

Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML Parameters and Internals

Model Type

llama

LLM Name	Airoboros L2 7B 2.1 GGML
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Airoboros-L2-7B-2.1-GGML
Model Name	Airoboros L2 7B 2.1
Model Creator	Jon Durbin
Base Model(s)	jondurbin/airoboros-l2-7b-2.1 jondurbin/airoboros-l2-7b-2.1
Model Size	7b
Required VRAM	2.9 GB
Updated	2026-08-02
Maintainer	TheBloke
Model Type	llama
Model Files	2.9 GB 3.6 GB 3.3 GB 3.0 GB 3.8 GB 4.2 GB 4.1 GB 3.8 GB 4.7 GB 5.1 GB 4.8 GB 4.7 GB 5.5 GB 7.1 GB
GGML Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	ggml
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	llama2

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