rwkv7-2.9B-world-GGUF

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Choosing the Right Model Format

Selecting the correct model format depends on your hardware capabilities and memory constraints.

BF16 (Brain Float 16) – Use if BF16 acceleration is available

• A 16-bit floating-point format designed for faster computation while retaining good precision.
• Provides similar dynamic range as FP32 but with lower memory usage.
• Recommended if your hardware supports BF16 acceleration (check your device’s specs).
• Ideal for high-performance inference with reduced memory footprint compared to FP32.

📌 Use BF16 if:
✔ Your hardware has native BF16 support (e.g., newer GPUs, TPUs).
✔ You want higher precision while saving memory.
✔ You plan to requantize the model into another format.

📌 Avoid BF16 if:
❌ Your hardware does not support BF16 (it may fall back to FP32 and run slower).
❌ You need compatibility with older devices that lack BF16 optimization.

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F16 (Float 16) – More widely supported than BF16

• A 16-bit floating-point high precision but with less of range of values than BF16.
• Works on most devices with FP16 acceleration support (including many GPUs and some CPUs).
• Slightly lower numerical precision than BF16 but generally sufficient for inference.

📌 Use F16 if:
✔ Your hardware supports FP16 but not BF16.
✔ You need a balance between speed, memory usage, and accuracy.
✔ You are running on a GPU or another device optimized for FP16 computations.

📌 Avoid F16 if:
❌ Your device lacks native FP16 support (it may run slower than expected).
❌ You have memory limitations.

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Quantized Models (Q4_K, Q6_K, Q8, etc.) – For CPU & Low-VRAM Inference

Quantization reduces model size and memory usage while maintaining as much accuracy as possible.

• Lower-bit models (Q4_K) → Best for minimal memory usage, may have lower precision.
• Higher-bit models (Q6_K, Q8_0) → Better accuracy, requires more memory.

📌 Use Quantized Models if:
✔ You are running inference on a CPU and need an optimized model.
✔ Your device has low VRAM and cannot load full-precision models.
✔ You want to reduce memory footprint while keeping reasonable accuracy.

📌 Avoid Quantized Models if:
❌ You need maximum accuracy (full-precision models are better for this).
❌ Your hardware has enough VRAM for higher-precision formats (BF16/F16).

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Very Low-Bit Quantization (IQ3_XS, IQ3_S, IQ3_M, Q4_K, Q4_0)

These models are optimized for extreme memory efficiency, making them ideal for low-power devices or large-scale deployments where memory is a critical constraint.

• IQ3_XS: Ultra-low-bit quantization (3-bit) with extreme memory efficiency.

  • Use case: Best for ultra-low-memory devices where even Q4_K is too large.
  • Trade-off: Lower accuracy compared to higher-bit quantizations.

• IQ3_S: Small block size for maximum memory efficiency.

  • Use case: Best for low-memory devices where IQ3_XS is too aggressive.

• IQ3_M: Medium block size for better accuracy than IQ3_S.

  • Use case: Suitable for low-memory devices where IQ3_S is too limiting.

• Q4_K: 4-bit quantization with block-wise optimization for better accuracy.

  • Use case: Best for low-memory devices where Q6_K is too large.

• Q4_0: Pure 4-bit quantization, optimized for ARM devices.

  • Use case: Best for ARM-based devices or low-memory environments.

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Summary Table: Model Format Selection

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Included Files & Details

rwkv7-2.9B-world-bf16.gguf

• Model weights preserved in BF16.
• Use this if you want to requantize the model into a different format.
• Best if your device supports BF16 acceleration.

rwkv7-2.9B-world-f16.gguf

• Model weights stored in F16.
• Use if your device supports FP16, especially if BF16 is not available.

rwkv7-2.9B-world-bf16-q8_0.gguf

• Output & embeddings remain in BF16.
• All other layers quantized to Q8_0.
• Use if your device supports BF16 and you want a quantized version.

rwkv7-2.9B-world-f16-q8_0.gguf

• Output & embeddings remain in F16.
• All other layers quantized to Q8_0.

rwkv7-2.9B-world-q4_k.gguf

• Output & embeddings quantized to Q8_0.
• All other layers quantized to Q4_K.
• Good for CPU inference with limited memory.

rwkv7-2.9B-world-q4_k_s.gguf

• Smallest Q4_K variant, using less memory at the cost of accuracy.
• Best for very low-memory setups.

rwkv7-2.9B-world-q6_k.gguf

• Output & embeddings quantized to Q8_0.
• All other layers quantized to Q6_K .

rwkv7-2.9B-world-q8_0.gguf

• Fully Q8 quantized model for better accuracy.
• Requires more memory but offers higher precision.

rwkv7-2.9B-world-iq3_xs.gguf

• IQ3_XS quantization, optimized for extreme memory efficiency.
• Best for ultra-low-memory devices.

rwkv7-2.9B-world-iq3_m.gguf

• IQ3_M quantization, offering a medium block size for better accuracy.
• Suitable for low-memory devices.

rwkv7-2.9B-world-q4_0.gguf

• Pure Q4_0 quantization, optimized for ARM devices.
• Best for low-memory environments.
• Prefer IQ4_NL for better accuracy.

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rwkv7-2.9B-world

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This is RWKV-7 model under flash-linear attention format.

Model Details

Model Description

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• Developed by: Bo Peng, Yu Zhang, Songlin Yang, Ruichong Zhang
• Funded by: RWKV Project (Under LF AI & Data Foundation)
• Model type: RWKV7
• Language(s) (NLP): English
• License: Apache-2.0
• Parameter count: 2.9B
• Tokenizer: RWKV World tokenizer
• Vocabulary size: 65,536

Model Sources

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• Repository: https://github.com/fla-org/flash-linear-attention ; https://github.com/BlinkDL/RWKV-LM
• Paper: With in Progress

Uses

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Install flash-linear-attention and the latest version of transformers before using this model:

pip install git+https://github.com/fla-org/flash-linear-attention
pip install 'transformers>=4.48.0'

Direct Use

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You can use this model just as any other HuggingFace models:

from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained('fla-hub/rwkv7-2.9B-world', trust_remote_code=True)
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained('fla-hub/rwkv7-2.9B-world', trust_remote_code=True)
model = model.cuda()
prompt = "What is a large language model?"
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
    {"role": "assistant", "content": "I am a GPT-3 based model."},
    {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
]
text = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
    messages,
    tokenize=False,
    add_generation_prompt=True
)

model_inputs = tokenizer([text], return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)

generated_ids = model.generate(
    **model_inputs,
    max_new_tokens=1024,
)
generated_ids = [
    output_ids[len(input_ids):] for input_ids, output_ids in zip(model_inputs.input_ids, generated_ids)
]

response = tokenizer.batch_decode(generated_ids, skip_special_tokens=False)[0]
print(response)

Training Data

This model is trained on the World v3 with a total of 3.119 trillion tokens.

Training Hyperparameters

• Training regime: bfloat16, lr 4e-4 to 1e-5 "delayed" cosine decay, wd 0.1 (with increasing batch sizes during the middle)
• Final Loss: 1.8745
• Token Count: 3.119 trillion

FAQ

Q: safetensors metadata is none.

A: upgrade transformers to >=4.48.0: pip install 'transformers>=4.48.0'