[whatmodel.sh](../../README.md) / StarChat2 15B v0.1
# StarChat2 15B v0.1
Hugging Face · released 2024-03 · 15.96B params
**score 49.6** ±0.9 · #382 of 732 · from 3 benchmark results across 1 source
Score within the [LMArena (text)](https://whatmodel.sh/?set=lmarena-text&score=set) comparison set only.
## What it's good at
● marks StarChat2 15B v0.1 among every model on that task or test, worst to best.
task vs the others rank counts tests
coding ▁▁▁▃▅▇●▇▅▄▃▁ #288 of 469 100% 3
coding · #288 of 469 · 100% of its score
Beats [Qwen3-VL 32B Instruct](qwen3-vl-32b-instruct.md), [Solar Open 100B (102B-A12B)](solar-open-100b.md), [Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B Instruct](qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct.md) here, though they rank higher overall. Trails [DeepSeek LLM 67B Chat](deepseek-llm-67b-chat.md), [Yi 1.5 9B Chat](yi-1-5-9b-chat.md), [Mistral NeMo Instruct (2407)](mistral-nemo-instruct-2407.md) here, though they rank lower overall.
test result vs the others in its run difficulty counts why
HumanEval 73.8% ▁·▁▁▃▄▆▅●▃▁▁ beats 67/99 easy · avg 76% 48% sharp
HumanEval+ 71.3% ▁·▁▁▁▃▄▄▄●▃▁ beats 73/99 easy · avg 70% 43% sharp · at its level
MBPP+ 64.6% ▁···▁▁▂▅▇●▆▂ beats 50/75 easy · avg 66% 8.9% at its level
source results share of the score
EvalPlus / EvalPerf published evaluatio… 3 100% ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
prior: pull toward the middle 0% ▇
weighted average = 49.6
Licences: EvalPlus / EvalPerf published evaluation runs ([Apache-2.0](../../licenses/evalplus-published-runs-Apache-2.0.txt))
## How to run it
### llama.cpp (recommended)
1. Install llama.cpp. Homebrew and winget installs name the commands llama-cli and llama-server instead. [Other ways to install](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/docs/install.md)
```sh
# macOS / Linux
curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
# Windows
irm https://llama.app/install.ps1 | iex
```
2. Run StarChat2 15B v0.1 (Q4_K_M, needs ~9.9 GB, from [huggingface.co/mradermacher](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF/tree/b4d1329ea256b8041732d9ff6ceb7640c71b277c))
```sh
llama cli -hf mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```
3. Or start a local server and open the address it prints (http://localhost:9931)
```sh
llama serve -hf mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```
Other versions: Q8_0 (~17 GB) `llama cli -hf mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF:Q8_0`
### LM Studio
1. Install LM Studio. Open the app once before using the lms command. [Download it (macOS / Windows / Linux)](https://lmstudio.ai/download)
2. Run StarChat2 15B v0.1 (Q4_K_M, needs ~9.9 GB, from [huggingface.co/mradermacher](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF/tree/b4d1329ea256b8041732d9ff6ceb7640c71b277c))
```sh
lms get https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF@Q4_K_M -y
```
3. Then run lms ls to see its name, and lms chat followed by that name
Other versions: Q8_0 (~17 GB) `lms get https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF@Q8_0 -y`
### Ollama
1. Install Ollama. [Download it (macOS / Windows)](https://ollama.com/download)
```sh
# Linux
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
```
2. Run StarChat2 15B v0.1 (Q4_K_M, needs ~9.9 GB, from [huggingface.co/mradermacher](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF/tree/b4d1329ea256b8041732d9ff6ceb7640c71b277c))
```sh
ollama run hf.co/mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF:Q4_K_M
```
Other versions: Q8_0 (~17 GB) `ollama run hf.co/mradermacher/starchat2-15b-v0.1-GGUF:Q8_0`
### Other ways to run it
1. Run it as published (BF16, needs ~31.92 GB, from [huggingface.co/HuggingFaceH4](https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceH4/starchat2-15b-v0.1/tree/837a7b6ac3df5f91de138e3592258f93c80d93d3))
```sh
uv run --with torch --with 'transformers<5' --with accelerate python -c "from transformers import pipeline; print(pipeline('text-generation', model='HuggingFaceH4/starchat2-15b-v0.1', torch_dtype='auto', device_map='auto')('Once upon a time', max_new_tokens=40)[0]['generated_text'])"
```
Model repository and documentation: [huggingface.co/HuggingFaceH4](https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceH4/starchat2-15b-v0.1)
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