---
base_model: NousResearch/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B
datasets:
- teknium/OpenHermes-2.5
inference: false
language:
- en
library_name: gguf
license: apache-2.0
model-index:
- name: Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-Instruct-8B-Merge
  results: []
pipeline_tag: text-generation
quantized_by: legraphista
tags:
- quantized
- GGUF
- imatrix
- quantization
- imat
- imatrix
- static
---

# Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF
_Llama.cpp imatrix quantization of NousResearch/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B_

Original Model: [NousResearch/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B](https://huggingface.co/NousResearch/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B)  
Original dtype: `BF16` (`bfloat16`)  
Quantized by: llama.cpp [b3003](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b3003)  
IMatrix dataset: [here](https://gist.githubusercontent.com/legraphista/d6d93f1a254bcfc58e0af3777eaec41e/raw/d380e7002cea4a51c33fffd47db851942754e7cc/imatrix.calibration.medium.raw)  

- [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF](#hermes-2-theta-llama-3-8b-imat-gguf)
    - [Files](#files)
        - [IMatrix](#imatrix)
        - [Common Quants](#common-quants)
        - [All Quants](#all-quants)
    - [Downloading using huggingface-cli](#downloading-using-huggingface-cli)
    - [Inference](#inference)
        - [Simple chat template](#simple-chat-template)
        - [Chat template with system prompt](#chat-template-with-system-prompt)
        - [Llama.cpp](#llama-cpp)
    - [FAQ](#faq)
        - [Why is the IMatrix not applied everywhere?](#why-is-the-imatrix-not-applied-everywhere)
        - [How do I merge a split GGUF?](#how-do-i-merge-a-split-gguf)

---

## Files

### IMatrix
Status: ✅ Available  
Link: [here](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/imatrix.dat) 

### Common Quants
| Filename | Quant type | File Size | Status | Uses IMatrix | Is Split |
| -------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ------------ | -------- |
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0.gguf) | Q8_0 | 8.54GB | ✅ Available | ⚪ No | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q6_K.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q6_K.gguf) | Q6_K | 6.60GB | ✅ Available | ⚪ No | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q4_K.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q4_K.gguf) | Q4_K | 4.92GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q3_K.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q3_K.gguf) | Q3_K | 4.02GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q2_K.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q2_K.gguf) | Q2_K | 3.18GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No


### All Quants
| Filename | Quant type | File Size | Status | Uses IMatrix | Is Split |
| -------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ------------ | -------- |
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.FP16.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.FP16.gguf) | F16 | 16.07GB | ✅ Available | ⚪ No | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.BF16.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.BF16.gguf) | BF16 | 16.07GB | ✅ Available | ⚪ No | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q5_K.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q5_K.gguf) | Q5_K | 5.73GB | ✅ Available | ⚪ No | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q5_K_S.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q5_K_S.gguf) | Q5_K_S | 5.60GB | ✅ Available | ⚪ No | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q4_K_S.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q4_K_S.gguf) | Q4_K_S | 4.69GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q3_K_L.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q3_K_L.gguf) | Q3_K_L | 4.32GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q3_K_S.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q3_K_S.gguf) | Q3_K_S | 3.66GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q2_K_S.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q2_K_S.gguf) | Q2_K_S | 2.99GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ4_NL.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ4_NL.gguf) | IQ4_NL | 4.68GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ4_XS.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ4_XS.gguf) | IQ4_XS | 4.45GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ3_M.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ3_M.gguf) | IQ3_M | 3.78GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| [Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ3_S.gguf](https://huggingface.co/legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF/blob/main/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ3_S.gguf) | IQ3_S | 3.68GB | ✅ Available | 🟢 Yes | 📦 No
| Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ3_XS | IQ3_XS | - | ⏳ Processing | 🟢 Yes | -
| Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ3_XXS | IQ3_XXS | - | ⏳ Processing | 🟢 Yes | -
| Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ2_M | IQ2_M | - | ⏳ Processing | 🟢 Yes | -
| Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ2_S | IQ2_S | - | ⏳ Processing | 🟢 Yes | -
| Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ2_XS | IQ2_XS | - | ⏳ Processing | 🟢 Yes | -
| Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ2_XXS | IQ2_XXS | - | ⏳ Processing | 🟢 Yes | -
| Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ1_M | IQ1_M | - | ⏳ Processing | 🟢 Yes | -
| Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.IQ1_S | IQ1_S | - | ⏳ Processing | 🟢 Yes | -


## Downloading using huggingface-cli
If you do not have hugginface-cli installed:
```
pip install -U "huggingface_hub[cli]"
```
Download the specific file you want:
```
huggingface-cli download legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF --include "Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0.gguf" --local-dir ./
```
If the model file is big, it has been split into multiple files. In order to download them all to a local folder, run:
```
huggingface-cli download legraphista/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B-IMat-GGUF --include "Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0/*" --local-dir Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0
# see FAQ for merging GGUF's
```

---

## Inference

### Simple chat template
```
<|begin_of_text|><|im_start|>user
Can you provide ways to eat combinations of bananas and dragonfruits?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Sure! Here are some ways to eat bananas and dragonfruits together:
 1. Banana and dragonfruit smoothie: Blend bananas and dragonfruits together with some milk and honey.
 2. Banana and dragonfruit salad: Mix sliced bananas and dragonfruits together with some lemon juice and honey.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
What about solving an 2x + 3 = 7 equation?<|im_end|>

```

### Chat template with system prompt
```
<|begin_of_text|><|im_start|>system
You are a helpful AI.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Can you provide ways to eat combinations of bananas and dragonfruits?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Sure! Here are some ways to eat bananas and dragonfruits together:
 1. Banana and dragonfruit smoothie: Blend bananas and dragonfruits together with some milk and honey.
 2. Banana and dragonfruit salad: Mix sliced bananas and dragonfruits together with some lemon juice and honey.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
What about solving an 2x + 3 = 7 equation?<|im_end|>

```

### Llama.cpp
```
llama.cpp/main -m Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0.gguf --color -i -p "prompt here (according to the chat template)"
```

---

## FAQ

### Why is the IMatrix not applied everywhere?
According to [this investigation](https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1993iro/ggufs_quants_can_punch_above_their_weights_now/), it appears that lower quantizations are the only ones that benefit from the imatrix input (as per hellaswag results). 

### How do I merge a split GGUF?
1. Make sure you have `gguf-split` available
    - To get hold of `gguf-split`, navigate to https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
    - Download the appropriate zip for your system from the latest release
    - Unzip the archive and you should be able to find `gguf-split`
2. Locate your GGUF chunks folder (ex: `Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0`)
3. Run `gguf-split --merge Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0/Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0-00001-of-XXXXX.gguf Hermes-2-Theta-Llama-3-8B.Q8_0.gguf`
    - Make sure to point `gguf-split` to the first chunk of the split.

---

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