How to use from
llama.cpp
Install from brew
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf modelfix/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf modelfix/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
Install from WinGet (Windows)
winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf modelfix/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf modelfix/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
Use pre-built binary
# Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf modelfix/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf modelfix/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
Build from source code
git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf modelfix/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf modelfix/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/modelfix/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct
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Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct-GGUF (Q4_K_M)

Optimized by Modelfix.com

This repository provides a high-efficiency GGUF quantization of Alibaba's Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct. This 0.5B model punches significantly above its weight in coding and mathematics.

πŸ“Š Quantization Benchmarks

Our validation process for this Q4_K_M build yielded the following metrics:

  • Perplexity (PPL): 9.249 πŸ™‚
  • KL Divergence: 0.025 🀩
  • FLIP Score: 7.8% πŸ™‚

βš™οΈ Implementation Details

  • Format: GGUF (Quantized to Q4_K_M)
  • Architecture: Transformer-based decoder with RoPE, SwiGLU, RMSNorm, Attention QKV bias, and Tied Word Embeddings.
  • Parameters: 494 Million (0.49B)
  • Context Window: Native 32,768 tokens (Supports generation up to 8,192 tokens).
  • Attention: Grouped Query Attention (GQA) with 14 Query heads and 2 KV heads.
  • Multilingual: Supports over 29+ languages (English, Chinese, French, Spanish, etc.).
  • Strengths: Logic, reasoning, and instruction following in a compact size.
  • Ideal Use Case: Edge devices, mobile applications, and high-speed basic automation.

πŸ“Š Hardware Requirements & Performance

Quantization File Size Recommended VRAM Recommended Device
Q8_0 ~531 MB 1.2 GB Desktop / Server
Q5_K_M ~420 MB 0.9 GB Standard Smartphones
Q4_K_M ~398 MB 0.8 GB Low-end Mobile / IoT
IQ4_XS ~349 MB 0.7 GB Ultra-constrained Edge

πŸ’¬ Prompt Template

Qwen2.5 uses the standard ChatML format:

<|im_start|>system
You are a helpful assistant.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
{prompt}<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant

βš–οΈ Legal Notice

This model is a Derivative Work quantized from the original BF16 weights to GGUF format by Modelfix.com. It is released under the Apache 2.0 License, matching the original release by the Qwen Team at Alibaba Cloud.

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