What are the hardware requirements for CodeLlama 7B GGML?

CodeLlama 7B GGML requires approximately 3 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed CodeLlama 7B GGML and how large is it?

CodeLlama 7B 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 CodeLlama 7B GGML?

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

CodeLlama 7B GGML by TheBloke — VRAM 3GB

Name: CodeLlama 7B GGML
Author: TheBloke

CodeLlama 7B GGML is an open-source language model by TheBloke. Features: 7b LLM, VRAM: 3GB, License: llama2, Quantized, Code Generating, LLM Explorer Score: 0.08.

Arxiv:2308.12950 Base model:codellama/codellama... Base model:finetune:codellama/... Code Codegen Ggml Llama Llama2 Quantized Region:us

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

CodeLlama 7B GGML Parameters and Internals

Model Type

text-generation

Use Cases

Areas:

Commercial, Research

Applications:

Code synthesis, Code understanding

Primary Use Cases:

Python language handling, Code assistant and generation applications

Limitations:

Use in any manner that violates applicable laws or regulations, Use in languages other than English

Training Details

Data Sources:

LLama 2 dataset

Hardware Used:

Meta’s Research Super Cluster

Model Architecture:

Auto-regressive language model

Responsible Ai Considerations

Mitigation Strategies:

Developers should perform safety testing and tuning tailored to their specific applications of the model.

Input Output

Input Format:

Text only

Output Format:

Text only

LLM Name	CodeLlama 7B GGML
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/CodeLlama-7B-GGML
Model Name	CodeLlama 7B
Model Creator	Meta
Base Model(s)	CodeLlama 7B Hf codellama/CodeLlama-7b-hf
Model Size	7b
Required VRAM	3 GB
Updated	2026-07-01
Maintainer	TheBloke
Model Type	llama
Model Files	3.0 GB 3.8 GB 3.5 GB 3.1 GB 3.8 GB 4.2 GB 4.2 GB 4.0 GB 4.6 GB 5.1 GB 4.9 GB 4.8 GB 5.7 GB 7.2 GB
Supported Languages	code
GGML Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	ggml
Generates Code	Yes
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	llama2

Rank the CodeLlama 7B GGML capabilities

Have you tried this model? Rate its performance — this feedback helps the ML community find the right model for their needs.

Instruction Following and Task Automation
Factuality and Completeness of Knowledge
Censorship and Alignment
Data Analysis and Insight Generation
Text Generation
Text Summarization and Feature Extraction
Code Generation
Multi-Language Support and Translation

Best Alternatives to CodeLlama 7B GGML

Best Alternatives	Context / RAM	Downloads	Likes
CodeLlama 7B Python GGML	0K / 2.9 GB	6	24
CodeLlama 7B Instruct GGML	0K / 3 GB	10	20
Oveu 1.1 8B	0K / 0.3 GB	42	1
Personalcoder Dsa V0.1	0K / 0.2 GB	19	1
...86B 8feb Ee84fab5469d 5GU4Xkd3	0K / 1.3 GB	40	0
...29B 92a1 E78acf5901b2 5FWLwQ2G	0K / 1.3 GB	31	0
...29B 92a1 E78acf5901b2 5EEaxgnm	0K / 1.3 GB	28	0
...321 Ac7f 1a661b3375e2 5FjDsFGA	0K / 0.6 GB	27	0
...b1a 9d60 21e6c2d9bdb6 5EeLcV3L	0K / 1.3 GB	25	0
...86B 8feb Ee84fab5469d 5GpcTKW7	0K / 1.3 GB	22	0

Note: green Score (e.g. "73.2") means that the model is better than TheBloke/CodeLlama-7B-GGML.