What are the hardware requirements for Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML?

Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML requires approximately 1.6 GB of VRAM. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML and how large is it?

Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML is developed by TheBloke, a model with 3b 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 Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML?

Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML is hosted on Hugging Face and linked from this page. LLM Explorer also lists quantized variants and similar alternatives if available.

Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML by TheBloke — VRAM 1.6GB

Name: Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML
Author: TheBloke

Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML is an open-source language model by TheBloke. Features: 3b LLM, VRAM: 1.6GB, License: other, Quantized, Instruction-Based, Code Generating, LLM Explorer Score: 0.08.

Arxiv:2104.09864 Base model:finetune:stabilitya... Base model:stabilityai/stablec... Code Codegen Ggml Gpt-neox Instruct Model-index Quantized Region:us

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/stablecode-instruct-alpha-3b-GGML

Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML Parameters and Internals

Model Type

instruction-tuned, decoder-only

Use Cases

Primary Use Cases:

Code generation and completion.

Limitations:

It is not intended to create unlawful content, further unlawful activity, or engage in risky activities.

Considerations:

Recommended usage with HuggingFace VSCode extension.

Additional Notes

The model is a 3 billion parameter model tailored for code generation based on diverse languages.

Supported Languages

Code (High)

Training Details

Data Sources:

Code instruction datasets formatted in Alpaca format

Context Length:

4096

Model Architecture:

Transformer decoder architecture with parallel attention and MLP residuals, using Rotary Position Embeddings and LayerNorm bias terms only.

LLM Name	Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B GGML
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/stablecode-instruct-alpha-3b-GGML
Model Creator	StabilityAI
Base Model(s)	Stablecode Instruct Alpha 3B stabilityai/stablecode-instruct-alpha-3b
Model Size	3b
Required VRAM	1.6 GB
Updated	2026-07-31
Maintainer	TheBloke
Model Type	gpt-neox
Instruction-Based	Yes
Model Files	1.6 GB 1.7 GB 1.9 GB 2.1 GB 3.0 GB
Supported Languages	code
GGML Quantization	Yes
Quantization Type	ggml
Generates Code	Yes
Model Architecture	AutoModel
License	other

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