What are the hardware requirements for Based 30B GGUF?

Based 30B GGUF requires approximately 13.5 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed Based 30B GGUF and how large is it?

Based 30B GGUF is developed by TheBloke, a model with 30b 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 Based 30B GGUF?

Based 30B GGUF is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Based 30B GGUF by TheBloke — VRAM 13.5GB

Name: Based 30B GGUF
Author: TheBloke

Based 30B GGUF is an open-source language model by TheBloke. Features: 30b LLM, VRAM: 13.5GB, License: other, Quantized, LLM Explorer Score: 0.09.

Base model:quantized:quixiai/b... Base model:quixiai/based-30b Dataset:ehartford/based En Gguf Llama Quantized Region:us

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/based-30B-GGUF

Based 30B GGUF Parameters and Internals

LLM Name	Based 30B GGUF
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/based-30B-GGUF
Model Name	Based 30B
Model Creator	Eric Hartford
Base Model(s)	ehartford/based-30b ehartford/based-30b
Model Size	30b
Required VRAM	13.5 GB
Updated	2026-07-20
Maintainer	TheBloke
Model Type	llama
Model Files	13.5 GB 17.3 GB 15.8 GB 14.1 GB 18.4 GB 19.6 GB 18.4 GB 22.4 GB 23.0 GB 22.4 GB 26.7 GB 34.6 GB
Supported Languages	en
GGUF Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	gguf
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	other

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