SandLogicTechnologies/gemma-2-9b-GGUF

Gemma-2-9B

Gemma-2-9B is a pretrained large language model developed by Google as part of the second generation of the Gemma model family. It is designed as a general-purpose foundation model capable of strong language understanding, reasoning, and text generation across a wide range of tasks.

The model is optimized for efficiency relative to its size and can be used as a base for downstream fine-tuning, instruction alignment, or domain-specific adaptation. It provides a strong starting point for building conversational agents, analytical systems, and custom language applications.

Gemma-2 models incorporate architectural improvements aimed at improving performance, scalability, and inference efficiency compared to earlier releases.

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Model Overview

• Model Name: Gemma-2-9B
• Base Model Family: Gemma 2
• Architecture: Decoder-only Transformer
• Parameter Count: 9 Billion
• Context Window: ~8K tokens
• Modalities: Text
• Primary Language: English
• Developer: Google DeepMind
• License: Gemma usage license (gated access required)

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Quantization Details

Q4_K_M

• Approx. ~70% size reduction (5.37 GB)
• Significant reduction in model memory usage
• Suitable for local CPU or low-VRAM GPU inference
• Faster token generation speeds
• Slight reduction in numerical precision for complex reasoning

Q5_K_M

• Approx. ~66% size reduction (6.19 GB)
• Higher fidelity compared to lower-bit quantization
• Improved stability for analytical and structured tasks
• Better preservation of original model behavior
• Recommended for balanced performance and efficiency

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Training Overview

Pretraining

Gemma-2-9B is trained on large-scale curated text corpora designed to provide broad language understanding and reasoning capability. Training emphasizes knowledge acquisition, contextual awareness, and long-range dependency modeling.

Smaller Gemma-2 models are produced using distillation and scaling techniques to retain performance while reducing computational requirements.

Gemma-2-9B is built as a scalable and efficient base language model suitable for customization and research.

Primary design goals include:

• Strong general-purpose language modeling
• Efficient inference relative to parameter count
• Reliable long-context processing
• High-quality reasoning capability
• Flexible foundation for downstream fine-tuning

Core Capabilities

• General language modeling
  Generates coherent text across diverse topics.

• Contextual reasoning
  Handles analytical prompts and structured thinking tasks.

• Long-context processing
  Supports extended prompts and document-level understanding.

• Foundation model flexibility
  Serves as a base for instruction tuning and domain adaptation.

• Text generation and transformation
  Supports summarization, explanation, and content generation after tuning.

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Example Usage

llama.cpp

./llama-cli 
-m SandlogicTechnologies\gemma-2-9b_Q4_K_M.gguf 
-p "Explain how attention mechanisms work in transformers."

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Recommended Use Cases

• Base model for custom fine-tuning
• Research and experimentation
• Domain-specific model development
• Text analysis and generation systems
• Conversational AI after alignment
• Local deployment of foundation language models

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Acknowledgments

These quantized models are based on the original work by Google development team.

Special thanks to:

• The Google team for developing and releasing the gemma-2-9b model.

• Georgi Gerganov and the entire llama.cpp open-source community for enabling efficient model quantization and inference via the GGUF format.

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Contact

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