Mungert/OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-GGUF

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B GGUF Models

Model Generation Details

This model was generated using llama.cpp at commit 064cc596.

Ultra-Low-Bit Quantization with IQ-DynamicGate (1-2 bit)

Our latest quantization method introduces precision-adaptive quantization for ultra-low-bit models (1-2 bit), with benchmark-proven improvements on Llama-3-8B. This approach uses layer-specific strategies to preserve accuracy while maintaining extreme memory efficiency.

Benchmark Context

All tests conducted on Llama-3-8B-Instruct using:

• Standard perplexity evaluation pipeline
• 2048-token context window
• Same prompt set across all quantizations

Method

• Dynamic Precision Allocation:
  • First/Last 25% of layers → IQ4_XS (selected layers)
  • Middle 50% → IQ2_XXS/IQ3_S (increase efficiency)
• Critical Component Protection:
  • Embeddings/output layers use Q5_K
  • Reduces error propagation by 38% vs standard 1-2bit

Quantization Performance Comparison (Llama-3-8B)

Quantization	Standard PPL	DynamicGate PPL	Δ PPL	Std Size	DG Size	Δ Size	Std Speed	DG Speed
IQ2_XXS	11.30	9.84	-12.9%	2.5G	2.6G	+0.1G	234s	246s
IQ2_XS	11.72	11.63	-0.8%	2.7G	2.8G	+0.1G	242s	246s
IQ2_S	14.31	9.02	-36.9%	2.7G	2.9G	+0.2G	238s	244s
IQ1_M	27.46	15.41	-43.9%	2.2G	2.5G	+0.3G	206s	212s
IQ1_S	53.07	32.00	-39.7%	2.1G	2.4G	+0.3G	184s	209s

Key:

• PPL = Perplexity (lower is better)
• Δ PPL = Percentage change from standard to DynamicGate
• Speed = Inference time (CPU avx2, 2048 token context)
• Size differences reflect mixed quantization overhead

Key Improvements:

• 🔥 IQ1_M shows massive 43.9% perplexity reduction (27.46 → 15.41)
• 🚀 IQ2_S cuts perplexity by 36.9% while adding only 0.2GB
• ⚡ IQ1_S maintains 39.7% better accuracy despite 1-bit quantization

Tradeoffs:

• All variants have modest size increases (0.1-0.3GB)
• Inference speeds remain comparable (<5% difference)

When to Use These Models

📌 Fitting models into GPU VRAM

✔ Memory-constrained deployments

✔ Cpu and Edge Devices where 1-2bit errors can be tolerated

✔ Research into ultra-low-bit quantization

Choosing the Right Model Format

Selecting the correct model format depends on your hardware capabilities and memory constraints.

BF16 (Brain Float 16) – Use if BF16 acceleration is available

• A 16-bit floating-point format designed for faster computation while retaining good precision.
• Provides similar dynamic range as FP32 but with lower memory usage.
• Recommended if your hardware supports BF16 acceleration (check your device's specs).
• Ideal for high-performance inference with reduced memory footprint compared to FP32.

📌 Use BF16 if:
✔ Your hardware has native BF16 support (e.g., newer GPUs, TPUs).
✔ You want higher precision while saving memory.
✔ You plan to requantize the model into another format.

📌 Avoid BF16 if:
❌ Your hardware does not support BF16 (it may fall back to FP32 and run slower).
❌ You need compatibility with older devices that lack BF16 optimization.

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F16 (Float 16) – More widely supported than BF16

• A 16-bit floating-point high precision but with less of range of values than BF16.
• Works on most devices with FP16 acceleration support (including many GPUs and some CPUs).
• Slightly lower numerical precision than BF16 but generally sufficient for inference.

📌 Use F16 if:
✔ Your hardware supports FP16 but not BF16.
✔ You need a balance between speed, memory usage, and accuracy.
✔ You are running on a GPU or another device optimized for FP16 computations.

📌 Avoid F16 if:
❌ Your device lacks native FP16 support (it may run slower than expected).
❌ You have memory limitations.

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Quantized Models (Q4_K, Q6_K, Q8, etc.) – For CPU & Low-VRAM Inference

Quantization reduces model size and memory usage while maintaining as much accuracy as possible.

• Lower-bit models (Q4_K) → Best for minimal memory usage, may have lower precision.
• Higher-bit models (Q6_K, Q8_0) → Better accuracy, requires more memory.

📌 Use Quantized Models if:
✔ You are running inference on a CPU and need an optimized model.
✔ Your device has low VRAM and cannot load full-precision models.
✔ You want to reduce memory footprint while keeping reasonable accuracy.

📌 Avoid Quantized Models if:
❌ You need maximum accuracy (full-precision models are better for this).
❌ Your hardware has enough VRAM for higher-precision formats (BF16/F16).

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Very Low-Bit Quantization (IQ3_XS, IQ3_S, IQ3_M, Q4_K, Q4_0)

These models are optimized for extreme memory efficiency, making them ideal for low-power devices or large-scale deployments where memory is a critical constraint.

• IQ3_XS: Ultra-low-bit quantization (3-bit) with extreme memory efficiency.

  • Use case: Best for ultra-low-memory devices where even Q4_K is too large.
  • Trade-off: Lower accuracy compared to higher-bit quantizations.

• IQ3_S: Small block size for maximum memory efficiency.

  • Use case: Best for low-memory devices where IQ3_XS is too aggressive.

• IQ3_M: Medium block size for better accuracy than IQ3_S.

  • Use case: Suitable for low-memory devices where IQ3_S is too limiting.

• Q4_K: 4-bit quantization with block-wise optimization for better accuracy.

  • Use case: Best for low-memory devices where Q6_K is too large.

• Q4_0: Pure 4-bit quantization, optimized for ARM devices.

  • Use case: Best for ARM-based devices or low-memory environments.

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Summary Table: Model Format Selection

Model Format	Precision	Memory Usage	Device Requirements	Best Use Case
BF16	Highest	High	BF16-supported GPU/CPUs	High-speed inference with reduced memory
F16	High	High	FP16-supported devices	GPU inference when BF16 isn't available
Q4_K	Medium Low	Low	CPU or Low-VRAM devices	Best for memory-constrained environments
Q6_K	Medium	Moderate	CPU with more memory	Better accuracy while still being quantized
Q8_0	High	Moderate	CPU or GPU with enough VRAM	Best accuracy among quantized models
IQ3_XS	Very Low	Very Low	Ultra-low-memory devices	Extreme memory efficiency and low accuracy
Q4_0	Low	Low	ARM or low-memory devices	llama.cpp can optimize for ARM devices

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Included Files & Details

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-bf16.gguf

• Model weights preserved in BF16.
• Use this if you want to requantize the model into a different format.
• Best if your device supports BF16 acceleration.

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-f16.gguf

• Model weights stored in F16.
• Use if your device supports FP16, especially if BF16 is not available.

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-bf16-q8_0.gguf

• Output & embeddings remain in BF16.
• All other layers quantized to Q8_0.
• Use if your device supports BF16 and you want a quantized version.

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-f16-q8_0.gguf

• Output & embeddings remain in F16.
• All other layers quantized to Q8_0.

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-q4_k.gguf

• Output & embeddings quantized to Q8_0.
• All other layers quantized to Q4_K.
• Good for CPU inference with limited memory.

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-q4_k_s.gguf

• Smallest Q4_K variant, using less memory at the cost of accuracy.
• Best for very low-memory setups.

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-q6_k.gguf

• Output & embeddings quantized to Q8_0.
• All other layers quantized to Q6_K .

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-q8_0.gguf

• Fully Q8 quantized model for better accuracy.
• Requires more memory but offers higher precision.

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-iq3_xs.gguf

• IQ3_XS quantization, optimized for extreme memory efficiency.
• Best for ultra-low-memory devices.

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-iq3_m.gguf

• IQ3_M quantization, offering a medium block size for better accuracy.
• Suitable for low-memory devices.

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B-q4_0.gguf

• Pure Q4_0 quantization, optimized for ARM devices.
• Best for low-memory environments.
• Prefer IQ4_NL for better accuracy.

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OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B Overview

Description:

OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B is a large language model (LLM) which is a derivative of Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct (AKA the reference model). It is a reasoning model that is post-trained for reasoning for code generation. The model supports a context length of 32K tokens.

This model is ready for commercial/non-commercial use.

Results from OpenCodeReasoning

Below results are the average of 64 evaluations on each benchmark.

Model	LiveCodeBench Avg.	CodeContest All
DeepSeek-R1	65.6	26.2
QwQ-32B	61.3	20.2
Distilled 7B+ Models
Bespoke-Stratos-7B	14.7	2.0
OpenThinker-7B	25.5	5.0
R1-Distill-Qwen-7B	38.0	11.1
OlympicCoder-7B	40.9	10.6
OCR-Qwen-7B	48.5	16.3
OCR-Qwen-7B-Instruct	51.3	18.1
Distilled 14B+ Models
R1-Distill-Qwen-14B	51.3	17.6
OCR-Qwen-14B	57.7	22.6
OCR-Qwen-14B-Instruct	59.4	23.6
Distilled 32B+ Models
Bespoke-Stratos-32B	30.1	6.3
OpenThinker-32B	54.1	16.4
R1-Distill-Qwen-32B	58.1	18.3
OlympicCoder-32B	57.4	18.0
OCR-Qwen-32B	61.8	24.6
OCR-Qwen-32B-Instruct	61.7	24.4

Reproducing our results

• Models
• Dataset
• Paper

How to use the models?

To run inference on coding problems:

import transformers
import torch

model_id = "nvidia/OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B"

pipeline = transformers.pipeline(
    "text-generation",
    model=model_id,
    model_kwargs={"torch_dtype": torch.bfloat16},
    device_map="auto",
)

prompt = """You are a helpful and harmless assistant. You should think step-by-step before responding to the instruction below.

Please use python programming language only.

You must use ```python for just the final solution code block with the following format:
```python
# Your code here
```

{user}
"""

messages = [
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": prompt.format(user="Write a program to calculate the sum of the first $N$ fibonacci numbers")},
]

outputs = pipeline(
    messages,
    max_new_tokens=32768,
)
print(outputs[0]["generated_text"][-1]['content'])

Citation

If you find the data useful, please cite:

@article{ahmad2025opencodereasoning,
      title={OpenCodeReasoning: Advancing Data Distillation for Competitive Coding}, 
      author={Wasi Uddin Ahmad, Sean Narenthiran, Somshubra Majumdar, Aleksander Ficek, Siddhartha Jain, Jocelyn Huang, Vahid Noroozi, Boris Ginsburg},
      year={2025},
      eprint={2504.01943},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.CL},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01943}, 
}

Additional Information

Model Architecture:

Architecture Type: Dense decoder-only Transformer model Network Architecture: Qwen-7B-Instruct
This model was developed based on Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct and has 7B model parameters.
OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B was developed based on Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct and has 7B model parameters.

Input:

Input Type(s): Text
Input Format(s): String
Input Parameters: One-Dimensional (1D)
Other Properties Related to Input: Context length up to 32,768 tokens

Output:

Output Type(s): Text
Output Format: String
Output Parameters: One-Dimensional (1D)
Other Properties Related to Output: Context length up to 32,768 tokens

Our AI models are designed and/or optimized to run on NVIDIA GPU-accelerated systems. By leveraging NVIDIA’s hardware (e.g. GPU cores) and software frameworks (e.g., CUDA libraries), the model achieves faster training and inference times compared to CPU-only solutions.

Software Integration :

• Runtime Engine: NeMo 2.3.0
  
• Recommended Hardware Microarchitecture Compatibility:
  NVIDIA Ampere
  NVIDIA Hopper
  
• Preferred/Supported Operating System(s): Linux
  

Model Version(s):

1.0 (4/25/2025)
OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B
OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-14B
OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-32B
OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-32B-IOI

Training and Evaluation Datasets:

Training Dataset:

The training corpus for OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B is OpenCodeReasoning dataset, which is composed of competitive programming questions and DeepSeek-R1 generated responses.

Data Collection Method: Hybrid: Automated, Human, Synthetic
Labeling Method: Hybrid: Automated, Human, Synthetic
Properties: 736k samples from OpenCodeReasoning (https://huggingface.co/datasets/nvidia/OpenCodeReasoning)

Evaluation Dataset:

We used the datasets listed in the next section to evaluate OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B.
Data Collection Method: Hybrid: Automated, Human, Synthetic
Labeling Method: Hybrid: Automated, Human, Synthetic

License/Terms of Use:

GOVERNING TERMS: Use of this model is governed by Apache 2.0.

Deployment Geography:

Global

Use Case:

This model is intended for developers and researchers building LLMs.

Release Date:

Huggingface [04/25/2025] via https://huggingface.co/nvidia/OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-7B/

Reference(s):

[2504.01943] OpenCodeReasoning: Advancing Data Distillation for Competitive Coding

Inference:

Engine: vLLM
Test Hardware NVIDIA H100-80GB

Ethical Considerations:

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