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StarCoder2 15B

by BigCode · starcoder family

15B

parameters

text-generation code-generation

StarCoder2 15B is the largest model from the BigCode project, trained on The Stack v2 dataset covering over 600 programming languages. It is one of the most capable open code-generation models, excelling at code completion, infilling, and generation across a wide variety of languages. The model supports 16K context and is trained with fill-in-the-middle capabilities, making it particularly effective for IDE-style code completion. Its permissive license and strong benchmark performance make it a solid choice for local coding assistance.

Quick Start with Ollama

ollama run 15b-q8_0
Resources Ollama Hugging Face Official Page Research Paper
Creator BigCode
Parameters 15B
Architecture transformer-decoder
Context 16K tokens
Released Feb 28, 2024
License BigCode Open RAIL-M v1
Ollama starcoder2

Quantization Options

Format File Size VRAM Required Quality Ollama Tag
Q4_K_M 7.6 GB 10.5 GB 15b-q4_K_M
Q5_K_M 8.8 GB 12 GB 15b-q5_K_M
Q8_0 rec 13.5 GB 17 GB 15b-q8_0

Compatible Hardware

Q8_0 requires 17 GB VRAM

Compatible Hardware

HardwareVRAMTypeFitEst. Speed
Mac Studio M4 Ultra 512GB512 GBmacRuns~48 tok/s
Mac Pro M2 Ultra 192GB192 GBmacRuns~47 tok/s
Mac Studio M4 Ultra 192GB192 GBmacRuns~48 tok/s
Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB128 GBmacRuns~32 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB128 GBmacRuns~32 tok/s
MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB128 GBmacRuns~32 tok/s
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell96 GBgpuRuns~113 tok/s
MacBook Pro M3 Max 96GB96 GBmacRuns~24 tok/s
Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB64 GBmacRuns~16 tok/s
Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB64 GBmacRuns~32 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB64 GBmacRuns~32 tok/s
MacBook Pro M5 Max 64GB64 GBmacRuns~32 tok/s
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation48 GBgpuRuns~56 tok/s
NVIDIA RTX A600048 GBgpuRuns~45 tok/s
NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell48 GBgpuRuns~56 tok/s
Mac mini M4 Pro 48GB48 GBmacRuns~16 tok/s
MacBook Pro M3 Max 48GB48 GBmacRuns~24 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB48 GBmacRuns~16 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Max 48GB48 GBmacRuns~32 tok/s
MacBook Pro M5 Max 48GB48 GBmacRuns~24 tok/s
MacBook Pro M5 Pro 48GB48 GBmacRuns~16 tok/s
Mac Studio M4 Max 36GB36 GBmacRuns~32 tok/s
MacBook Pro M3 Pro 36GB36 GBmacRuns~9 tok/s
MacBook Pro M5 Max 36GB36 GBmacRuns~24 tok/s
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation32 GBgpuRuns~42 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509032 GBgpuRuns~105 tok/s
iMac M4 32GB32 GBmacRuns~7 tok/s
Mac mini M4 32GB32 GBmacRuns~7 tok/s
MacBook Air M4 32GB32 GBmacRuns~7 tok/s
MacBook Air M5 32GB32 GBmacRuns~7 tok/s
MacBook Pro M5 32GB32 GBmacRuns~7 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX24 GBgpuRuns~56 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti24 GBgpuRuns~59 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 309024 GBgpuRuns~55 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409024 GBgpuRuns~59 tok/s
NVIDIA RTX A500024 GBgpuRuns~45 tok/s
iMac M3 24GB24 GBmacRuns~6 tok/s
Mac mini M2 24GB24 GBmacRuns~6 tok/s
Mac mini M4 Pro 24GB24 GBmacRuns~16 tok/s
MacBook Air M2 24GB24 GBmacRuns~6 tok/s
MacBook Air M4 24GB24 GBmacRuns~7 tok/s
MacBook Air M5 24GB24 GBmacRuns~7 tok/s
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 24GB24 GBmacRuns~16 tok/s
MacBook Pro M5 24GB24 GBmacRuns~7 tok/s
MacBook Pro M5 Pro 24GB24 GBmacRuns~16 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT20 GBgpuRuns~47 tok/s
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation20 GBgpuRuns~21 tok/s
MacBook Pro M3 Pro 18GB18 GBmacRuns (tight)~9 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GBgpuCPU Offload~9 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GBgpuCPU Offload~9 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT16 GBgpuCPU Offload~11 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB16 GBgpuCPU Offload~10 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT16 GBgpuCPU Offload~11 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 907016 GBgpuCPU Offload~10 tok/s
Intel Arc A77016 GBgpuCPU Offload~10 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB16 GBgpuCPU Offload~5 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super16 GBgpuCPU Offload~12 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super16 GBgpuCPU Offload~13 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 408016 GBgpuCPU Offload~13 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB16 GBgpuCPU Offload~8 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti16 GBgpuCPU Offload~16 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 508016 GBgpuCPU Offload~17 tok/s
NVIDIA RTX A400016 GBgpuCPU Offload~8 tok/s
iMac M1 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~1 tok/s
iMac M4 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~2 tok/s
Mac mini M1 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~1 tok/s
Mac mini M4 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~2 tok/s
MacBook Air M2 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~2 tok/s
MacBook Air M3 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~2 tok/s
MacBook Air M4 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~2 tok/s
MacBook Air M5 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~2 tok/s
MacBook Pro M1 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~1 tok/s
MacBook Pro M2 Pro 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~4 tok/s
MacBook Pro M5 16GB16 GBmacCPU Offload~2 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT12 GBgpuCPU Offload~7 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT12 GBgpuCPU Offload~8 tok/s
Intel Arc B58012 GBgpuCPU Offload~8 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB12 GBgpuCPU Offload~6 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB12 GBgpuCPU Offload~16 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super12 GBgpuCPU Offload~9 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti12 GBgpuCPU Offload~9 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 407012 GBgpuCPU Offload~9 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 507012 GBgpuCPU Offload~12 tok/s
24 hardware device(s) cannot run this model at Q8_0.

Benchmark Scores

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