2026-07-28 00:25:21 +02:00
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id: Qwen__Qwen3-72B__strategic
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2026-07-28 01:30:55 +02:00
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status: approved
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2026-07-28 00:25:21 +02:00
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name: Qwen3-72B
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org: Qwen
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source:
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kind: huggingface
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url: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-72B
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revision: main
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model_card_url: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-72B
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project_url: https://qwenlm.github.io/
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license:
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spdx: Apache-2.0
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url: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-72B
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allows_offline_retention: true
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allows_local_ops: true
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allows_fine_tune: true
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notes: "Confirm card; use Instruct/Coder sibling if that is the capability peak for the line."
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profile:
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summary: "Strategic large Qwen dense — multilingual/tool open 70B-class reserve."
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original_source: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-72B
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use_cases:
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- "Future multi-GPU dense instruct without MoE serving complexity"
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- "Strong multilingual (DE/EN) offline assistant at 70B scale"
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- "Domain FT base when 8B/14B capacity is too small"
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- "Dense alternative to MoE giants for portable lab stacks"
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sweet_spots:
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- "S4 dense open with Qwen tooling continuity from the R 8B default"
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- "Easier multi-GPU dense serve story than 600B MoE"
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- "Apache-friendly licensing typical of Qwen3 line"
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not_ideal_for:
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- "Current default single-GPU ops"
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- "Collecting both this and Llama-70B-class first under tight quota"
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- "Embedding / retrieval"
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capability_notes: >
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Large dense strategic pick. Prefer Instruct/Coder sibling if that is the line
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peak at pin time. If soft quota is tight after S1, pick at most one of
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Qwen-72B vs Llama-70B-class first.
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swot:
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strengths:
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- "High multilingual dense quality in open 70B class"
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- "Same family as R-tier Qwen3-8B — transfer of prompts/tools"
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- "Usually simpler ops than giant MoE"
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weaknesses:
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- "~40–150 GiB depending on quant; still heavy"
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- "May lag top MoE on some frontier-open benches"
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opportunities:
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- "First dense strategic fill after R + optional S1 compressed"
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- "FT / LoRA at 70B when facility upgrades"
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threats:
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- "Llama 70B / next Qwen large may be better use of same bytes"
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- "Supersession by Qwen next large release"
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size:
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total_bytes: 0
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total_human: "~145 GB fp16 / ~40 GB Q4 (estimate)"
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hardware_class:
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min_vram_gb_q4: 40
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min_vram_gb_fp16: 145
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notes: "T3+ to run; strategic dense multilingual open."
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axes: [A, B, C]
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priority: high
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collection:
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2026-07-28 01:30:55 +02:00
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approved_by: "bernd"
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approved_at: "2026-07-28"
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2026-07-28 00:25:21 +02:00
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downloaded_at: null
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downloaded_by: ""
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storage_path: ""
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brief_refs:
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- research/2026-07-24-nas-strategic-collection-plan.md
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- docs/decisions/2026-07-24-nas-strategic-reserve.md
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reason: "S4 strategic — large Qwen dense open for multilingual/tool capability reserve."
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tags: [tier-s, strategic, dense, qwen3]
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companions:
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- Qwen__Qwen3-8B__candidate
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notes: "Pick at most one of Llama-70B-class vs Qwen-72B-class first if quota tight after S1 MoE."
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history:
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- at: "2026-07-24"
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event: nominated
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by: operator-policy
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detail: "Strategic dense open for NAS."
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- at: "2026-07-28"
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event: profile_swot_added
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by: grok
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detail: "schema 0.2 profile + SWOT."
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2026-07-28 01:30:55 +02:00
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- at: "2026-07-28"
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event: approved
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by: bernd
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detail: "S4 dense Qwen — deferred after R fill; pick vs Llama-70B"
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- at: "2026-07-28"
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event: collection_deferred
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by: grok
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detail: "S4 dense Qwen — deferred after R fill; pick vs Llama-70B"
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