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starcoder2 15B
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RANKED #11 OF 17 CODE · OVERALL #345 OF 7,140 · VIBE SCORE 5.5 · 37 VOICES
starcoder2-15b-Q4_K_M-GGUF on Hugging Face (text generation). 9,058 downloads. Open weights for local or hosted use.
HAPPY9.7
11 mentions
SAD5.3
1 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 0 voices
TOO QUIET
Not enough weekly voices to call a trend yet.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download starcoder2 15B once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
15B parameters, a Q4 file is about 9.9 GB (BF16 is ~32 GB)
- BARE MINIMUM
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
12 GB VRAM
~$250 USEDQ4_K_M, ~22 tok/s, 8k context
- SWEET SPOT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB
16 GB VRAM
~$780 NEWQ5_K_M or Q6_K, ~48 tok/s, full 16k context
- FULL POWER
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB
24 GB VRAM
~$1,750 NEWQ8_0 or INT8, ~65 tok/s, full 16k context
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN STARCODER2 15B?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long starcoder2 15B takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12GB | SWEET SPOTNvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB | FULL POWERNvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~23 S★★★★★ | ~10 S★★★★★ | ~8 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~68 S★★★★★ | ~31 S★★★★★ | ~23 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~6.1 MIN★★★★★ | ~2.8 MIN★★★★★ | ~2.1 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~19 MIN★★★★★ | ~8.7 MIN★★★★★ | ~6.4 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~11 MIN★★★★★ | ~5.2 MIN★★★★★ | ~3.8 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Not enough discussion about starcoder2 15B yet to call it. We found 37 posts but people did not say much either way.
7 POSTS · 30 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · BLUESKY
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- No complaints yet. The internet is still looking for one. Suspicious.
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
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- REDDIT · 2024-11-13 · 7 UPVOTES[R] SelfCodeAlign: Self-Alignment for Code Generation
TL;DR Even a small (7B) model can improve its coding skills via training on self-generated tasks and solutions; the method behind StarCoder2-15B-Instruct Paper: [
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