Qwen2

Qwen2 7B Instruct - Details

Last update on 2025-05-20

Qwen2 7B Instruct is a large language model developed by Qwen, a company-focused maintainer, featuring 7b parameters. It is released under multiple licenses including Apache License 2.0, Tongyi Qianwen License Agreement, and The Unlicense. The model is designed for instruction-following tasks, with a primary focus on multilingual data, extended context length, and enhanced capabilities in coding and mathematics.

Description of Qwen2 7B Instruct

Qwen2 is a series of large language models featuring parameter ranges from 0.5 to 72 billion parameters, designed for diverse applications. It employs a Transformer architecture with SwiGLU activation, attention QKV bias, and group query attention for efficiency. The model supports extensive context lengths up to 131,072 tokens natively and leverages YARN for longer context extrapolation. It excels in language understanding, generation, multilingual capability, coding, mathematics, and reasoning tasks, making it versatile for complex and large-scale operations.

Parameters & Context Length of Qwen2 7B Instruct

7b 128k

Qwen2 7B Instruct is a large language model with 7b parameters, placing it in the small to mid-scale range, offering resource-efficient performance suitable for a wide range of tasks. Its 128k token context length enables handling very long texts, though it requires significant computational resources. This combination allows the model to balance efficiency and capability, making it effective for complex tasks while maintaining accessibility for moderate-scale applications.

  • Name: Qwen2 7B Instruct
  • Parameter Size: 7b
  • Context Length: 128k
  • Implications: Resource-efficient for small to mid-scale tasks; long context length supports extensive text processing but demands higher computational resources.

Possible Intended Uses of Qwen2 7B Instruct

language model code generation language understanding

Qwen2 7B Instruct is a large language model designed for text generation, code generation, and multilingual translation, with support for English and Chinese. Its monolingual nature suggests it may excel in tasks requiring deep language understanding within a single language, though possible applications could extend to creative writing, technical documentation, or cross-lingual content adaptation. Possible uses might include automating repetitive text tasks, assisting with coding challenges, or translating between English and Chinese, but these potential uses require thorough testing to ensure alignment with specific needs. The model’s capabilities could also be explored for educational tools, content summarization, or language learning support, though possible limitations may arise depending on the complexity of the task.

  • Intended Uses: text generation, code generation, multilingual translation
  • Supported Languages: english, chinese
  • Is_Mono_Lingual: yes

Possible Applications of Qwen2 7B Instruct

code assistent text generation technical documentation tool content creator coding assistant

Qwen2 7B Instruct is a large language model with possible applications in areas such as text generation, code generation, and multilingual translation, though these possible uses require careful evaluation to ensure suitability for specific tasks. Possible applications might include creating dynamic content, assisting with programming tasks, or translating between English and Chinese, but these potential uses need thorough testing to confirm effectiveness. Possible scenarios could involve automating repetitive writing processes, generating code snippets, or supporting cross-lingual communication, though possible limitations may exist depending on the context. Possible uses in educational or creative fields could also be explored, but each possible application must be rigorously assessed before deployment.

  • Name: Qwen2 7B Instruct
  • Applications: text generation, code generation, multilingual translation
  • Supported Languages: English, Chinese
  • Is_Mono_Lingual: yes

Quantized Versions & Hardware Requirements of Qwen2 7B Instruct

16 vram 32 ram

Qwen2 7B Instruct is a large language model that requires a GPU with at least 16GB VRAM for the medium q4 version, which balances precision and performance. This configuration is suitable for models up to 8B parameters, ensuring efficient execution while maintaining reasonable accuracy. Users should verify their hardware meets these requirements to avoid performance bottlenecks.

  • Quantized Versions: fp16, q2, q3, q4, q5, q6, q8

Conclusion

Qwen2 7B Instruct is a large language model with 7b parameters and a 128k token context length, designed for tasks like text generation, code creation, and multilingual translation. It requires a GPU with at least 16GB VRAM for the q4 quantized version, making it suitable for mid-scale applications while balancing performance and resource efficiency.

References

Huggingface Model Page
Ollama Model Page

Benchmarks

Benchmark Name Score
Instruction Following Evaluation (IFEval) 56.79
Big Bench Hard (BBH) 37.81
Mathematical Reasoning Test (MATH Lvl 5) 27.64
General Purpose Question Answering (GPQA) 6.38
Multimodal Understanding and Reasoning (MUSR) 7.37
Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU-PRO) 31.64
Link: Huggingface - Open LLM Leaderboard
Benchmark Graph
Maintainer
Parameters & Context Length
  • Parameters: 7b
  • Context Length: 131K
Statistics
  • Huggingface Likes: 637
  • Huggingface Downloads: 259K
Intended Uses
  • Text Generation
  • Code Generation
  • Multilingual Translation
Languages
  • English
  • Chinese