--- license: apache-2.0 base_model: - FINAL-Bench/Darwin-4B-David - Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B tags: - merge - evolutionary-merge - darwin - darwin-v6 - model-mri - cross-architecture - ffn-crossbreed - cma-es - hybrid-vigor - transformer-mamba - reasoning - gemma4 - qwen3.5 - gated-deltanet - korean - multilingual - gpqa - open-source - apache-2.0 - world-first language: - ko - en - zh - ja - de - fr - es pipeline_tag: text-generation model-index: - name: Darwin-4B-Genesis results: - task: type: text-generation name: Korean Cultural Understanding dataset: type: EunsuKim/CLIcK name: CLIcK metrics: - type: accuracy value: 92.0 name: Accuracy verified: false - task: type: text-generation name: Multi-Step Reasoning dataset: type: TAUR-Lab/MuSR name: MuSR metrics: - type: accuracy value: 70.0 name: Accuracy verified: false --- # Darwin-4B-Genesis

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> **World's first Transformer ร— Mamba evolutionary cross-architecture FFN breeding** | CLIcK 92% | MuSR 70% | A 4B model outperforming 27B | CMA-ES 42-dimensional genome search | Hybrid Vigor demonstrated | Apache 2.0 --- ## What Is This? Darwin-4B-Genesis is the 3rd generation Darwin model and the **world's first model to successfully crossbreed FFN layers across different architectures** โ€” Transformer (Gemma4) and Mamba (Qwen3.5 GatedDeltaNet) โ€” using evolutionary optimization. The father's Attention layers (Gemma4 Transformer) are preserved at 100%, while the mother's FFN knowledge (Qwen3.5 Mamba) is transplanted at layer-specific optimal ratios discovered automatically by CMA-ES across 42 dimensions. The result: the child **outperforms both parents on every benchmark** โ€” a phenomenon known as **Hybrid Vigor**. ---

Darwin-4B-Genesis

## Why This Matters ### 1. World First Existing hybrid models (Jamba, Nemotron-H, Granite 4.0) are all **designed and trained from scratch**. Darwin-4B-Genesis takes **two already-trained models** from different architecture families and breeds them evolutionarily โ€” with **zero additional training**. ### 2. Hybrid Vigor Demonstrated | Benchmark | David (Father) | Qwen3.5-4B (Mother) | **Genesis (Child)** | |---|---|---|---| | CLIcK | 90% | ~50% (est.) | **92%** โœ… | | MuSR | 65% | ~55% (est.) | **70%** โœ… | The child surpasses **both** parents. This is the first demonstration of Hybrid Vigor in AI model breeding. ### 3. Manual vs Evolution | Method | CLIcK | MuSR | |---|---|---| | Manual 50% blend | ~23% | โ€” | | Manual 30% selective blend | 62% | 45% | | **CMA-ES 42D automatic search** | **92%** | **70%** | Human-chosen ratios fail. Evolutionary search succeeds. --- ## Benchmarks | Benchmark | Genesis | David (Gen2) | K-AI #1 (27B) | |---|---|---|---| | **CLIcK** (Korean culture) | **92%** | 90% | 0.794 | | **MuSR** (multi-step reasoning) | **70%** | 65% | 0.604 | | **GPQA** (deep reasoning) | ~60% | ~60% | โ€” | A 4B model dominates the K-AI leaderboard's #1 model (27B) on both CLIcK and MuSR. --- ## How It Works ### Cross-Architecture FFN Breeding ``` Father: Darwin-4B-David (Gemma4 Transformer, hidden=2560, 42 layers) Mother: Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B (GatedDeltaNet/Mamba, hidden=2560, 32 layers) Key insight: hidden_size matches (2560) โ†’ direct FFN replacement possible Method: Attention 100% from Father, FFN blended at per-layer optimal ratios Optimizer: CMA-ES (Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy) Genome: 42 dimensions (one ratio per layer) Fitness: CLIcK 60% + MuSR 40% composite score Frozen layers: L15, L16, L22, L23, L24, L25 (Korean language preservation) ``` ### Optimal Genome Discovered by CMA-ES ``` L00: 0.206 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘ 21% Qwen L07: 0.000 โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ Auto-protected by CMA-ES L15: 0.000 โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ Frozen (Korean) L22: 0.000 โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ Frozen (Korean) L29: 0.291 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘ 29% Qwen (maximum) L31: 0.244 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘ 24% Qwen L32: 0.273 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘ 27% Qwen ``` Key finding: CMA-ES applied the **most aggressive Qwen blending to the final layers (L29-32)**, which govern output quality. The algorithm determined that "Qwen's generation quality exceeds Darwin's" for those specific layers โ€” while simultaneously protecting critical layers (L7, L18, L28) by driving their ratios to zero. ### Training Cost | | This Model | Typical Hybrid | |---|---|---| | GPU | H100 ร— 1 | Hundreds to thousands | | Time | 155 minutes | Weeks to months | | Training data | 0 tokens | Trillions of tokens | | Training compute | Fitness evaluation only | Full pre-training | --- ## Genealogy ``` google/gemma-4-E4B-it ร— TeichAI/Claude-Opus-Distill-E4B โ†’ Darwin-4B-Opus (Gen 1, DARE-TIES merge) Darwin-4B-Opus ร— DavidAU/DECKARD-Expresso-Universe โ†’ Darwin-4B-David (Gen 2, MRI-guided merge, CLIcK 90%) Darwin-4B-David ร— Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B โ†’ Darwin-4B-Genesis (Gen 3, Cross-Arch FFN Breeding, CLIcK 92%) โ˜… ``` ### DNA Composition ``` Gemma4 Transformer (skeleton, Attention) ~50% Claude Opus Distill (reasoning patterns) ~20% DECKARD Universe (Korean, creativity) ~15% Qwen3.5 GatedDeltaNet (Mamba FFN) ~15% ``` --- ## What Is FFN Breeding? AI models have two main components: - **Attention** = the brain (decides what to focus on, reasoning chains) - **FFN** = the muscles (stores knowledge, processes patterns) Darwin-4B-Genesis keeps the **brain from the father (Transformer)** and blends in **muscles from the mother (Mamba)** at optimal ratios. As long as the FFN input/output dimensions match (hidden_size=2560), the swap works โ€” like a USB-C port that accepts any compatible charger. --- ## Usage ```python from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained( "FINAL-Bench/Darwin-4B-Genesis", trust_remote_code=True, ) model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained( "FINAL-Bench/Darwin-4B-Genesis", dtype="bfloat16", device_map="auto", trust_remote_code=True, ) messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain how hybrid vigor works in genetics."}] text = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True) inputs = tokenizer(text, return_tensors="pt").to(model.device) outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=1024, do_sample=False) print(tokenizer.decode(outputs[0][inputs['input_ids'].shape[-1]:], skip_special_tokens=True)) ``` --- ## Hardware Requirements | Setup | VRAM | Status | |---|---|---| | NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB) | 24 GB | BF16 fits | | NVIDIA RTX 3090 (24GB) | 24 GB | BF16 fits | | NVIDIA H100 (93GB) | 93 GB | Comfortable | | Mac M3 Max (36GB) | 36 GB | Comfortable | Dense 4B model โ€” runs on a single consumer GPU. --- ## Model Specifications | | | |---|---| | Architecture | Gemma4 Dense (Transformer Attention + Mamba FFN hybrid) | | Effective Parameters | 4B (8B total with PLE) | | Hidden Size | 2560 | | Intermediate Size | 10240 | | Layers | 42 | | Context Length | 32,768 | | License | Apache 2.0 | --- ## How This Differs from Prior Work | | Existing Hybrids | Darwin-4B-Genesis | |---|---|---| | Examples | Jamba, Nemotron-H, Granite 4.0 | This model | | Method | Design โ†’ train from scratch | Breed trained models โ†’ zero training | | Cost | Thousands of GPUยทhours | H100 ร— 1, 2.6 hours | | Data | Trillions of tokens | 0 tokens (fitness eval only) | | Ratio selection | Manual architecture design | CMA-ES 42D automatic search | | Hybrid Vigor | Not tested | Benchmarked and confirmed | --- ## Future Work - Cross-breeding with RWKV-7, xLSTM, and other architectures - Scaling to 31B/35B models with the same technique - Paper: "Cross-Architecture FFN Breeding with Evolutionary Optimization" - Patents: Methods for selective FFN transplantation across architectures --- ## Acknowledgements - Korean Government โ€” GPU Support Program research grant - [Google](https://huggingface.co/google) โ€” Gemma4 E4B architecture - [Alibaba Qwen Team](https://huggingface.co/Qwen) โ€” Qwen3.5-4B GatedDeltaNet - [TeichAI](https://huggingface.co/TeichAI) โ€” Claude Opus Distill model - [DavidAU](https://huggingface.co/DavidAU) โ€” DECKARD-Expresso-Universe model - [Jackrong](https://huggingface.co/Jackrong) โ€” Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled --- ## Citation ```bibtex @misc{vidraft_darwin_4b_genesis, title = {Darwin-4B-Genesis: World's First Cross-Architecture FFN Breeding}, author = {VIDRAFT}, year = {2026}, publisher = {Hugging Face}, howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/FINAL-Bench/Darwin-4B-Genesis}} } ```