BigCode/Dense

BigCodeStarCoder 15B

Original StarCoder 15B. Trained on permissively licensed code only.

coding
15.5B
Parameters
8K
Context length
9
Benchmarks
10
Quantizations
300K
HF downloads
Architecture
Dense
Released
2023-05-09
Layers
40
KV Heads
40
Head Dim
128
Family
starcoder

Quantization Options

QuantBitsVRAMQuality
Q3_K_M48.2 GBlow
Q3_K_L4.38.8 GBmoderate
IQ4_XS4.469.1 GBmoderate
Q4_K_S4.679.5 GBmoderate
Q4_K_M4.8910.0 GBgood
Q5_K_S5.5711.3 GBgood
Q5_K_M5.711.5 GBgood
Q6_K6.5613.2 GBexcellent
Q8_08.517.0 GBlossless
FP161631.5 GBlossless

Select your GPU above to see speed estimates and compatibility for each quantization.

READY TO RUN THIS?RENT BY THE HOUR

RENT A GPU AND RUN STARCODER 15B NOW

Spin up an A100 / H100 / 4090 in ~60s. Pay by the second. Cancel anytime.

Community Ratings

Loading ratings...

Benchmarks (9)

MBPP43.0
BigCodeBench37.6
HumanEval33.6
IFEval27.8
BBH20.4
MMLU-PRO15.0
MATH6.0
GPQA3.1
MUSR2.9

Run this model

Easiest way to get started·Beginners
DOCS ↗
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
$ollama run starcoder:16b-q4_K_M

Tag may need adjustment — check ollama.com/library/starcoder for available tags.

▸ SETUP GUIDE
>_

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.

pip install fitmyllmthen run fitmyllmLearn more
Auto-detect GPULive tok/s in chatSpeed benchmarks9 inference engines

GPUs that can run this model

At Q4_K_M quantization. Sorted by minimum VRAM.

NVIDIA RTX 3080 10GB
10 GB VRAM • 760 GB/s
NVIDIA
$429
Intel Arc B570
10 GB VRAM • 456 GB/s
INTEL
$219
NVIDIA P102-101
10 GB VRAM • 320 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB
10 GB VRAM • 1560 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA CMP 50HX
10 GB VRAM • 560 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA CMP 90HX
10 GB VRAM • 760 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti
11 GB VRAM • 616 GB/s
NVIDIA
$350
NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti
11 GB VRAM • 484 GB/s
NVIDIA
$200
NVIDIA RTX 5070
12 GB VRAM • 672 GB/s
NVIDIA
$549
NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti
12 GB VRAM • 504 GB/s
NVIDIA
$799
NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER
12 GB VRAM • 504 GB/s
NVIDIA
$599
NVIDIA RTX 4070
12 GB VRAM • 504 GB/s
NVIDIA
$549
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB VRAM • 912 GB/s
NVIDIA
$550
NVIDIA RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB VRAM • 912 GB/s
NVIDIA
$599
NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB
12 GB VRAM • 360 GB/s
NVIDIA
$329
AMD RX 7700 XT
12 GB VRAM • 432 GB/s
AMD
$449
AMD RX 6700 XT
12 GB VRAM • 384 GB/s
AMD
$344
AMD RX 6750 XT
12 GB VRAM • 432 GB/s
AMD
$299
Intel Arc B580
12 GB VRAM • 456 GB/s
INTEL
$249
NVIDIA Tesla K40c
12 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla K40d
12 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla K40m
12 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA

Find the best GPU for StarCoder 15B

Build Hardware for StarCoder 15B

Original StarCoder 15B. Trained on permissively licensed code only.

▸ SPEC SHEET

StarCoder 15B15.5B Dense.

▸ SPECIFICATIONS
PARAMETERS
15.5B
ARCHITECTURE
Dense Transformer
CONTEXT LENGTH
8K tokens
CAPABILITIES
coding
RELEASE DATE
2023-05-09
PROVIDER
BigCode
FAMILY
starcoder
▸ VRAM REQUIREMENTS
QUANTBPWVRAMQUALITY
Q3_K_M48.2 GB88%
Q3_K_L4.38.8 GB90%
IQ4_XS4.469.1 GB92%
Q4_K_S4.679.5 GB93%
Q4_K_M4.8910.0 GB94%
Q5_K_S5.5711.3 GB96%
Q5_K_M5.711.5 GB96%
Q6_K6.5613.2 GB97%
Q8_08.517.0 GB100%
FP161631.5 GB100%
§ 01BENCHMARK SCORES
HumanEval33.6
MMLU-PRO15.0
MATH6.0
IFEval27.8
BBH20.4
GPQA3.1
MUSR2.9
MBPP43.0
BigCodeBench37.6