Codestral Mamba 7B vs. Qwen 2.5 7B: Technical Benchmark & Architectural Comparison
This repository contains the full research, automated test suite, raw JSON benchmark logs, technical reports, and PowerPoint presentations evaluating Codestral Mamba 7B (mamba-codestral:7b) against Qwen 2.5 7B (qwen2.5:7b-instruct).
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π Summary Performance Comparison
| Metric | Codestral Mamba 7B | Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct | Delta / Key Takeaway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Selective State Space Model (SSM S6) | Multi-Head Self-Attention Transformer | Mamba eliminates $O(N^2)$ quadratic memory scaling. |
| Average Latency | 4.28s | 7.40s | 42.2% faster completion time for Codestral Mamba. |
| Hardware Throughput | 194.8 t/s | 193.3 t/s | Identical speed on NVIDIA H200 NVL GPUs. |
| Average Output Length | 1,930 chars | 4,347 chars | Qwen 2.5 generates 2.25x more content (docstrings & edge cases). |
| KV-Cache Scaling | Constant $O(1)$ Memory State | $O(N)$ Memory Growth | Mamba uses fixed VRAM up to 256k tokens. |
π Uploaded Files & Repository Inventory
docs/CODESTRAL_MAMBA_7B_VS_QWEN_7B_COMPARISON.md: 71 KB Exhaustive 10-Prompt Technical Report.docs/CODESTRAL_MAMBA_7B_VS_QWEN_7B_COMPARISON.pptx: 9-Slide Visual Benchmark Comparison Deck.docs/MAMBA_7B_INSTALLATION_AND_ARCHITECTURE_GUIDE.pptx: 8-Slide Hands-on Installation & Journey Deck.docs/MAMBA_MODELS_RESEARCH_OLLAMA_HUGGINGFACE.md: State Space Models Architectural Research.data/mamba_vs_qwen_results.json: Raw Evaluation JSON logs across 10 technical categories.src/: Complete Python benchmark test harness and slide generation scripts.
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