README.md

---
tags:
- GGUF
base_model:
- cognitivecomputations/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b
---
# dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b
- Model creator: [cognitivecomputations](https://huggingface.co/cognitivecomputations)
- Original model: [dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b](https://huggingface.co/cognitivecomputations/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b)

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## Description
This repo contains GGUF format model files for [cognitivecomputations's dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b ](https://huggingface.co/cognitivecomputations/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b).

## Provided files

| Name | Quant method | Bits | Size | Max RAM required | Use case |
| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ----- |
| [dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q2_K.gguf   ](https://huggingface.co/seyf1elislam/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b-GGUF/blob/main/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q2_K.gguf   ) | Q2_K   | 2 | 2.72 GB| 5.22 GB | significant quality loss - not recommended for most purposes |
| [dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q3_K_M.gguf ](https://huggingface.co/seyf1elislam/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b-GGUF/blob/main/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q3_K_M.gguf ) | Q3_K_M | 3 | 3.52 GB| 6.02 GB | very small, high quality loss |
| [dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q4_K_S.gguf           ](https://huggingface.co/seyf1elislam/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b-GGUF/blob/main/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q4_K_S.gguf           ) | Q4_K_S | 4 | 4.14 GB| 6.64 GB | small, greater quality loss |
| [dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q4_K_M.gguf ](https://huggingface.co/seyf1elislam/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b-GGUF/blob/main/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q4_K_M.gguf ) | Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.37 GB| 6.87 GB | medium, balanced quality - recommended |
| [dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q5_K_M.gguf ](https://huggingface.co/seyf1elislam/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b-GGUF/blob/main/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q5_K_M.gguf ) | Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.13 GB| 7.63 GB | large, very low quality loss - recommended |
| [dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q6_K.gguf   ](https://huggingface.co/seyf1elislam/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b-GGUF/blob/main/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q6_K.gguf   ) | Q6_K   | 6 | 5.94 GB| 8.44 GB | very large, extremely low quality loss |
| [dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q8_0.gguf   ](https://huggingface.co/seyf1elislam/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b-GGUF/blob/main/dolphin-2.9-llama3-8b.Q8_0.gguf   ) | Q8_0   | 8 | 7.70 GB| 10.20 GB | very large, extremely low quality loss - not recommended |