What are the hardware requirements for Llama 2 7B GGML?

Llama 2 7B 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 Llama 2 7B GGML and how large is it?

Llama 2 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 Llama 2 7B GGML?

Llama 2 7B GGML is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Llama 2 7B GGML by TheBloke — VRAM 2.9GB

Name: Llama 2 7B GGML
Author: TheBloke

Llama 2 7B GGML is an open-source language model by TheBloke. Features: 7b LLM, VRAM: 2.9GB, License: llama2, Quantized, LLM Explorer Score: 0.09.

Arxiv:2307.09288 Base model:finetune:meta-llama... Base model:meta-llama/llama-2-... En Facebook Ggml Llama Llama2 Meta Pytorch Quantized Region:us

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-GGML

Llama 2 7B GGML Parameters and Internals

LLM Name	Llama 2 7B GGML
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-GGML
Model Name	Llama 2 7B
Model Creator	Meta
Base Model(s)	Llama 2 7B Hf meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf
Model Size	7b
Required VRAM	2.9 GB
Updated	2026-08-03
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 4.6 GB 5.1 GB 4.8 GB 4.7 GB 5.5 GB 7.2 GB
Supported Languages	en
GGML Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	ggml
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	llama2

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