What are the hardware requirements for Stheno L2 13B GGUF?

Stheno L2 13B GGUF requires approximately 5.4 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed Stheno L2 13B GGUF and how large is it?

Stheno L2 13B GGUF 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 Stheno L2 13B GGUF?

Stheno L2 13B GGUF is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Stheno L2 13B GGUF by TheBloke — VRAM 5.4GB

Name: Stheno L2 13B GGUF
Author: TheBloke

Stheno L2 13B GGUF is an open-source language model by TheBloke. Features: 13b LLM, VRAM: 5.4GB, License: llama2, Quantized, LLM Explorer Score: 0.09.

Base model:quantized:sao10k/st... Base model:sao10k/stheno-l2-13... En Gguf Llama Quantized Region:us

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Stheno-L2-13B-GGUF

Stheno L2 13B GGUF Parameters and Internals

Model Type

llama

Additional Notes

An experimental merging of several models using "Ties-Merge" method and "BlockMerge_Gradient." Stheno is a gradient merge of Stheno-P1 & Stheno-P2.

Input Output

Input Format:

Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction: {prompt} ### Response:

LLM Name	Stheno L2 13B GGUF
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Stheno-L2-13B-GGUF
Model Name	Stheno L2 13B
Model Creator	Sao10K
Base Model(s)	Stheno L2 13B Sao10K/Stheno-L2-13B
Model Size	13b
Required VRAM	5.4 GB
Updated	2026-07-14
Maintainer	TheBloke
Model Type	llama
Model Files	5.4 GB 6.9 GB 6.3 GB 5.7 GB 7.4 GB 7.9 GB 7.4 GB 9.0 GB 9.2 GB 9.0 GB 10.7 GB 13.8 GB
Supported Languages	en
GGUF Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	gguf
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	llama2

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