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DDolly v2 12B

Largest Dolly. Decent instruction following for its era, outpaced by modern models.

chat
12B
Parameters
2K
Context length
6
Benchmarks
10
Quantizations
60K
HF downloads
Architecture
Dense
Released
2023-04-12
Layers
36
KV Heads
20
Head Dim
80
Family
dolly

Quantization Options

QuantBitsVRAM @ 2KQuality
Q3_K_M4
6.5 GB
low
Q3_K_L4.3
6.9 GB
moderate
IQ4_XS4.46
7.2 GB
moderate
Q4_K_S4.67
7.5 GB
moderate
Q4_K_M4.89
7.8 GB
good
Q5_K_S5.57
8.8 GB
good
Q5_K_M5.7
9.0 GB
good
Q6_K6.56
10.3 GB
excellent
Q8_08.5
13.2 GB
lossless
FP1616
24.5 GB
lossless

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Benchmarks (6)

IFEval23.6
BBH6.4
MUSR5.5
MMLU-PRO1.4
MATH1.4
GPQA0.0

Run this model

▸Easiest way to get started·Beginners
DOCS ↗
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
$ollama run dolly:12b-q4_K_M

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▸ SETUP GUIDE
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Auto-setup with fitmyllm CLI

Detects your GPU, recommends the best model, downloads it, and starts chatting — zero config. Benchmarks your speed and contributes anonymous data to improve predictions.

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Auto-detect GPULive tok/s in chatSpeed benchmarks9 inference engines
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GPUs that can run this model

At Q4_K_M quantization. Sorted by minimum VRAM.

NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
8 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
$399
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 4060
8 GB VRAM • 272 GB/s
NVIDIA
$299
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti
8 GB VRAM • 608 GB/s
NVIDIA
$499
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 3070
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
NVIDIA
$325
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
NVIDIA
$250
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB VRAM • 224 GB/s
NVIDIA
$249
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD RX 7600
8 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
$269
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AMD RX 6650 XT
8 GB VRAM • 280 GB/s
AMD
$399
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
Intel Arc A750
8 GB VRAM • 512 GB/s
INTEL
$199
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
Apple M1 (8GB)
8 GB VRAM • 68 GB/s
APPLE
$499
Apple M2 (8GB)
8 GB VRAM • 100 GB/s
APPLE
$599
Apple M3 (8GB)
8 GB VRAM • 100 GB/s
APPLE
$599
NVIDIA RTX 2080 SUPER
8 GB VRAM • 496 GB/s
NVIDIA
$280
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 2080
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
NVIDIA
$260
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
NVIDIA
$240
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 2070
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
NVIDIA
$200
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 2060 SUPER
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
NVIDIA
$180
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GTX 1080
8 GB VRAM • 320 GB/s
NVIDIA
$130
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GTX 1070 Ti
8 GB VRAM • 256 GB/s
NVIDIA
$120
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GTX 1070
8 GB VRAM • 256 GB/s
NVIDIA
$100
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB VRAM • 224 GB/s
NVIDIA
$280
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD RX 6600 XT
8 GB VRAM • 256 GB/s
AMD
$200
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD RX 6600
8 GB VRAM • 224 GB/s
AMD
$165
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD RX 5700 XT
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
AMD
$150
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD RX 5700
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
AMD
$130
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
Intel Arc A580
8 GB VRAM • 512 GB/s
INTEL
$179
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 8GB
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
NVIDIA
$379
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 5060
8 GB VRAM • 448 GB/s
NVIDIA
$299
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA Tesla K8
8 GB VRAM • 160 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M60
8 GB VRAM • 160 GB/s
NVIDIA

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Model Card

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Largest Dolly. Decent instruction following for its era, outpaced by modern models.

▸ SPEC SHEET

Dolly v2 12B — 12B Dense.

▸ SPECIFICATIONS
PARAMETERS
12B
ARCHITECTURE
Dense Transformer
CONTEXT LENGTH
2K tokens
CAPABILITIES
chat
RELEASE DATE
2023-04-12
PROVIDER
Databricks
FAMILY
dolly
▸ VRAM REQUIREMENTS
QUANTBPWVRAMQUALITY
Q3_K_M46.5 GB88%
Q3_K_L4.36.9 GB90%
IQ4_XS4.467.2 GB92%
Q4_K_S4.677.5 GB93%
Q4_K_M4.897.8 GB94%
Q5_K_S5.578.8 GB96%
Q5_K_M5.79.0 GB96%
Q6_K6.5610.3 GB97%
Q8_08.513.2 GB100%
FP161624.5 GB100%
§ 01BENCHMARK SCORES
MMLU-PRO1.4
MATH1.4
IFEval23.6
BBH6.4
GPQA0.0
MUSR5.5
§ 03COMPATIBLE GPUs
30 @ Q4_K_M
NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
8 GB · 288 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 4060
8 GB · 272 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti
8 GB · 608 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 3070
8 GB · 448 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB · 448 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB · 224 GB/s
AMD RX 7600
8 GB · 288 GB/s
AMD RX 6650 XT
8 GB · 280 GB/s
Intel Arc A750
8 GB · 512 GB/s
Apple M1 (8GB)
8 GB · 68 GB/s
Apple M2 (8GB)
8 GB · 100 GB/s
Apple M3 (8GB)
8 GB · 100 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 2080 SUPER
8 GB · 496 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 2080
8 GB · 448 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB · 448 GB/s