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BigCodeStarCoder2 15B

StarCoder2 15B — top open code model for its size, extensive language support.

coding
15.96B
Parameters
16K
Context length
9
Benchmarks
10
Quantizations
0
Architecture
Dense
Released
2024-02-28
Layers
40
KV Heads
4
Head Dim
128
Family
starcoder

Quantization Options

Context length:
QuantBitsVRAM @ 16KQuality
Q3_K_M4
9.4 GB
8.5 + 0.9 KV
low
Q3_K_L4.3
10.0 GB
9.1 + 0.9 KV
moderate
IQ4_XS4.46
10.3 GB
9.4 + 0.9 KV
moderate
Q4_K_S4.67
10.7 GB
9.8 + 0.9 KV
moderate
Q4_K_M4.89
11.2 GB
10.2 + 0.9 KV
good
Q5_K_S5.57
12.5 GB
11.6 + 0.9 KV
good
Q5_K_M5.7
12.8 GB
11.9 + 0.9 KV
good
Q6_K6.56
14.5 GB
13.6 + 0.9 KV
excellent
Q8_08.5
18.4 GB
17.4 + 0.9 KV
lossless
FP1616
33.3 GB
32.4 + 0.9 KV
lossless

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

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Benchmarks (9)

MBPP65.1
HumanEval60.4
BigCodeBench37.6
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 starcoder2:15b-q4_K_M

Downloads and runs automatically. Add --verbose for speed stats.

▸ 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.

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

GPUs that can run this model

At Q4_K_M quantization. Sorted by minimum VRAM.

NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti
11 GB VRAM • 616 GB/s
NVIDIA
$350
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti
11 GB VRAM • 484 GB/s
NVIDIA
$200
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
11 GB VRAM • 484 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
11 GB VRAM • 616 GB/s
NVIDIA
$225
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 5070
12 GB VRAM • 672 GB/s
NVIDIA
$549
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti
12 GB VRAM • 504 GB/s
NVIDIA
$799
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER
12 GB VRAM • 504 GB/s
NVIDIA
$599
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 4070
12 GB VRAM • 504 GB/s
NVIDIA
$549
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB VRAM • 912 GB/s
NVIDIA
$550
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB VRAM • 912 GB/s
NVIDIA
$599
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB
12 GB VRAM • 360 GB/s
NVIDIA
$329
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD RX 7700 XT
12 GB VRAM • 432 GB/s
AMD
$449
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD RX 6700 XT
12 GB VRAM • 384 GB/s
AMD
$344
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD RX 6750 XT
12 GB VRAM • 432 GB/s
AMD
$299
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
Intel Arc B580
12 GB VRAM • 456 GB/s
INTEL
$249
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
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
NVIDIA Tesla K40s
12 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla K40st
12 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla K40t
12 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla K80
12 GB VRAM • 241 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M40
12 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB
12 GB VRAM • 549 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
12 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
$140
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
12 GB VRAM • 360 GB/s
NVIDIA
$329
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA
$329
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB VRAM • 912 GB/s
NVIDIA
$1199
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
12 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
$550
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB VRAM • 384 GB/s
AMD
$250
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai

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Build Hardware for StarCoder2 15B

Model Card

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StarCoder2 15B — top open code model for its size, extensive language support.

▸ SPEC SHEET

StarCoder2 15B — 15.96B Dense.

▸ SPECIFICATIONS
PARAMETERS
15.96B
ARCHITECTURE
Dense Transformer
CONTEXT LENGTH
16K tokens
CAPABILITIES
coding
RELEASE DATE
2024-02-28
PROVIDER
BigCode
FAMILY
starcoder
▸ VRAM REQUIREMENTS
QUANTBPWVRAMQUALITY
Q3_K_M48.5 GB88%
Q3_K_L4.39.1 GB90%
IQ4_XS4.469.4 GB92%
Q4_K_S4.679.8 GB93%
Q4_K_M4.8910.2 GB94%
Q5_K_S5.5711.6 GB96%
Q5_K_M5.711.9 GB96%
Q6_K6.5613.6 GB97%
Q8_08.517.4 GB100%
FP161632.4 GB100%
§ 01BENCHMARK SCORES
HumanEval60.4
MMLU-PRO15.0
MATH6.0
IFEval27.8
BBH20.4
GPQA3.1
MUSR2.9
MBPP65.1
BigCodeBench37.6
§ 02RUN COMMAND

Run StarCoder2 15B locally with Ollama — needs 10.2 GB VRAM at Q4_K_M:

$ollama run starcoder2:15b
§ 03COMPATIBLE GPUs
30 @ Q4_K_M
NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti
11 GB · 616 GB/s
NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti
11 GB · 484 GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
11 GB · 484 GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
11 GB · 616 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 5070
12 GB · 672 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti
12 GB · 504 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER
12 GB · 504 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 4070
12 GB · 504 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB · 912 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB · 912 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB
12 GB · 360 GB/s
AMD RX 7700 XT
12 GB · 432 GB/s
AMD RX 6700 XT
12 GB · 384 GB/s
AMD RX 6750 XT
12 GB · 432 GB/s
Intel Arc B580
12 GB · 456 GB/s