What are the hardware requirements for OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML?

OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML requires approximately 5.5 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML and how large is it?

OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML is developed by TheBloke, a model with 13b 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 OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML?

OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML by TheBloke — VRAM 5.5GB

Name: OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML
Author: TheBloke

OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML is an open-source language model by TheBloke. Features: 13b LLM, VRAM: 5.5GB, License: llama2, Quantized, LLM Explorer Score: 0.08.

Base model:finetune:openbuddy/... Base model:openbuddy/openbuddy... De En Fr Ggml It Ja Ko Llama Quantized Region:us Ru Zh

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/OpenBuddy-Llama2-13B-v11.1-GGML

OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML Parameters and Internals

Model Type

text-generation

Additional Notes

OpenBuddy models have inherent limitations and may potentially produce outputs that are erroneous, harmful, offensive, or otherwise undesirable. OpenBuddy is provided "as-is" without any warranty.

Supported Languages

zh (Chinese), en (English), fr (French), de (German), ja (Japanese), ko (Korean), it (Italian), ru (Russian)

Input Output

Output Format:

Vicuna-Short prompt template: You are a helpful AI assistant. USER: {prompt} ASSISTANT:

LLM Name	OpenBuddy Llama2 13B V11.1 GGML
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/OpenBuddy-Llama2-13B-v11.1-GGML
Model Name	OpenBuddy Llama2 13B v11.1
Model Creator	OpenBuddy
Base Model(s)	OpenBuddy/openbuddy-llama2-13b-v11.1-bf16 OpenBuddy/openbuddy-llama2-13b-v11.1-bf16
Model Size	13b
Required VRAM	5.5 GB
Updated	2026-08-06
Maintainer	TheBloke
Model Type	llama
Model Files	5.5 GB 7.0 GB 6.3 GB 5.7 GB 7.4 GB 8.2 GB 7.9 GB 7.4 GB 9.0 GB 9.8 GB 9.3 GB 9.0 GB 10.7 GB 13.8 GB
Supported Languages	zh en fr de ja ko it ru
GGML Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	ggml
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	llama2

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