2026-07-24 00:15:27 +02:00
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id: Qwen__Qwen3-8B__candidate
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2026-07-28 01:30:55 +02:00
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status: verified
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2026-07-24 00:15:27 +02:00
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name: Qwen3-8B
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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/Qwen3-8B
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revision: main
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model_card_url: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-8B
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2026-07-28 00:25:21 +02:00
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project_url: https://qwenlm.github.io/
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2026-07-24 00:15:27 +02:00
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license:
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spdx: Apache-2.0
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url: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-8B
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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 exact card license at download time; Qwen3 line generally Apache-2.0."
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2026-07-28 00:25:21 +02:00
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profile:
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summary: "Default mid-small open instruct for local ops, tools, and domain fine-tunes."
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original_source: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-8B
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use_cases:
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- "Local NetKingdom / Coulomb assistant (chat, docs, runbooks)"
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- "Tool-using agent loops on consumer GPU"
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- "QLoRA / LoRA domain specialization base"
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- "Multilingual (incl. DE/EN) drafting and summarization"
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- "Offline code help when 14B+ is too heavy"
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sweet_spots:
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- "Best balance of quality vs VRAM in the ~8B open class for many 2026 stacks"
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- "Instruction + tool-use oriented workflows"
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- "Homelab fine-tune target (axis C)"
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- "Runnable spine default when one model must wear many hats"
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not_ideal_for:
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- "Hardest SWE-bench-class multi-file engineering (use larger or closed frontier)"
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- "Deep multi-step math/reason vs R1-class distill or full reasoners"
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- "Embedding / retrieval (use BGE-M3 or nomic)"
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capability_notes: >
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Flagship small-mid dense open generalist in the Qwen3 line. Strong multilingual
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and instruct behavior for its size; primary R-tier workhorse for the lab. Prefer
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Instruct sibling on the card if separate repo exists at pin time.
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swot:
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strengths:
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- "High capability density at 8B; Apache-friendly licensing typical"
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- "Good multilingual + tool/instruct posture for local agents"
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- "Excellent FT base for domain specialization"
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weaknesses:
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- "Still far from frontier closed models on hard agentic coding"
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- "8B ceiling on long-horizon planning and rare knowledge"
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opportunities:
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- "Domain LoRAs (security, ops, railiance) on NAS-held base"
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- "Pair with BGE-M3 RAG for grounded NetKingdom answers"
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threats:
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- "Rapid supersession by next Qwen/peer 8–14B release"
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- "Quant quality variance across third-party GGUF repacks"
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artifacts:
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- path: "merges.txt"
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sha256: "8831e4f1a044471340f7c0a83d7bd71306a5b867e95fd870f74d0c5308a904d5"
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bytes: 1671853
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- path: "model-00001-of-00005.safetensors"
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sha256: "31d6a825ae35f11fb85b195b4c42c146c051e446433125a215336abdf95cbf5f"
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bytes: 3996250744
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- path: "model-00002-of-00005.safetensors"
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sha256: "5991236cea6fe21f3d43cab0f0e84448734fbbe0789816202989f2ddc9d18282"
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bytes: 3993160032
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- path: "model-00003-of-00005.safetensors"
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sha256: "c5185c4794be2d8a9784d5753c9922db38df478ce11f9ed0b415b7304d896836"
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bytes: 3959604768
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- path: "model-00004-of-00005.safetensors"
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sha256: "b5ee7de71fbf17db3d5704e0c8f2bc7d005ca9e1d7ca2aeb19827b0cfcaa917a"
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bytes: 3187841392
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- path: "model-00005-of-00005.safetensors"
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sha256: "20c2d6366ab85c90786ccdd829cd2b9e7d30ef3b2ebbb998280e7e4014b542ff"
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bytes: 1244659840
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- path: "tokenizer.json"
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sha256: "aeb13307a71acd8fe81861d94ad54ab689df773318809eed3cbe794b4492dae4"
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bytes: 11422654
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- path: "vocab.json"
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sha256: "ca10d7e9fb3ed18575dd1e277a2579c16d108e32f27439684afa0e10b1440910"
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bytes: 2776833
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size:
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total_bytes: 16397459696
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total_human: "15.27 GiB"
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hardware_class:
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min_vram_gb_q4: 6
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min_vram_gb_fp16: 16
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notes: "Default T1–T2 general instruct and FT base"
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axes: [B, C]
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priority: high
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collection:
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approved_by: "bernd"
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approved_at: "2026-07-28"
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downloaded_at: "2026-07-28"
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downloaded_by: "grok"
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storage_path: "/mnt/d/vault/coulomb/freedom-intelligence/models/Qwen__Qwen3-8B/main"
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brief_refs:
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- research/2026-07-24-baseline-field-survey.md
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2026-07-28 00:25:21 +02:00
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reason: "P0/R spine — best default open general/tool model for local ops and QLoRA domain specialization."
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tags: [tier-r, instruct, text, qwen3, ft-base]
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companions: []
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notes: "Prefer Instruct variant on card if separate repo; pin commit SHA at collection."
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history:
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- at: "2026-07-24"
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event: nominated
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by: baseline-survey
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detail: "P0 recommendation from initial deep research."
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2026-07-28 00:25:21 +02:00
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- at: "2026-07-24"
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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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- at: "2026-07-28"
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event: approved
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by: bernd
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detail: "R1 default instruct"
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- at: "2026-07-28"
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event: collected
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by: grok
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detail: "snapshot_download weights-only to VAULT"
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- at: "2026-07-28"
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event: verified
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by: grok
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detail: "MANIFEST.json sha256 for weight files"
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