What are the hardware requirements for KernelLLM?

KernelLLM requires approximately 16.1 GB of VRAM and supports a context window of 128K tokens. Quantized variants may run on less VRAM; see the Quantized Models section on this page.

Who developed KernelLLM and how large is it?

KernelLLM is developed by facebook, a model with 8b 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 KernelLLM?

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

KernelLLM by facebook — VRAM 16.1GB, 128K context

Name: KernelLLM
Author: facebook

KernelLLM is an open-source language model by facebook. Features: 8b LLM, VRAM: 16.1GB, Context: 128K, License: other, Instruction-Based, LLM Explorer Score: 0.19.

Base model:finetune:meta-llama... Base model:meta-llama/llama-3.... Conversational Dataset:gpumode/kernelbook Dataset:scalingintelligence/ke... Endpoints compatible Instruct Llama Region:us Safetensors Sharded Tensorflow

Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/facebook/KernelLLM

KernelLLM Parameters and Internals

LLM Name	KernelLLM
Repository 🤗	https://huggingface.co/facebook/KernelLLM
Base Model(s)	meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Model Size	8b
Required VRAM	16.1 GB
Updated	2026-08-04
Maintainer	facebook
Model Type	llama
Instruction-Based	Yes
Model Files	5.0 GB: 1-of-4 5.0 GB: 2-of-4 4.9 GB: 3-of-4 1.2 GB: 4-of-4
Model Architecture	LlamaForCausalLM
License	other
Context Length	131072
Model Max Length	131072
Transformers Version	4.48.2
Tokenizer Class	PreTrainedTokenizerFast
Vocabulary Size	128256
Torch Data Type	bfloat16

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Instruction Following and Task Automation
Factuality and Completeness of Knowledge
Censorship and Alignment
Data Analysis and Insight Generation
Text Generation
Text Summarization and Feature Extraction
Code Generation
Multi-Language Support and Translation

Quantized Models of the KernelLLM

Model	Likes	Downloads	VRAM
KernelLLM GGUF	2	454	2 GB
KernelLLM Unsloth Bnb 4bit	2	6	6 GB
KernelLLM Bnb 4bit	1	9	5 GB

Best Alternatives to KernelLLM

Best Alternatives	Context / RAM	Downloads	Likes
...otron 8B UltraLong 4M Instruct	4192K / 32.1 GB	1135	125
UltraLong Thinking	4192K / 16.1 GB	2	3
...a 3.1 8B UltraLong 4M Instruct	4192K / 32.1 GB	176	24
...a 3.1 8B UltraLong 2M Instruct	2096K / 32.1 GB	875	9
...otron 8B UltraLong 2M Instruct	2096K / 32.1 GB	124	18
Cthulhu 8B V1.4	1048K / 16.1 GB	10	10
...raLong 1M Instruct Abliterated	1048K / 32.1 GB	4	9
...a 3.1 8B UltraLong 1M Instruct	1048K / 32.1 GB	1387	29
...otron 8B UltraLong 1M Instruct	1048K / 32.1 GB	702	59
Zero Llama 3.1 8B Beta6	1048K / 16.1 GB	7	1

Note: green Score (e.g. "73.2") means that the model is better than facebook/KernelLLM.