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Falcon 3 10B Instruct

SOTA under 13B at release. MMLU 73.1, GSM8K 83.1. Depth-upscaling from the 7B.

TII·License TII Falcon-LLM License 2.0·Context 31.25k tokens·Output December 2024·Fits within the 128 GB of the GIGABYTE AI TOP ATOM← Catalog

01What it can do

Strengths
  • SOTA <13B output
  • MMLU 73.1
  • Efficient
Limitations to know
  • —Specific TII license
Architecture
Dense 10B · depth-upscaled from 7B
Training
Successor to the 7B.
Ideal for
Dense 10B chatMultilingual

05Install

Install Ollama for your OS. Check the model and its quantization before downloading. Start with 4096 tokens of context, then check placement with ollama ps. A command below is not proof that a test was run on your machine.

$ollama run falcon3:10b
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First download: between 2 and 40 GB depending on the selected quantization. Plan for sufficient disk space; a stable connection is recommended. Subsequent launches are instant.

02Required memory

Approximate GPU VRAM required to run this model, including 4k tokens of context overhead. For a longer context, add ~1 GB per 8k-token increment.

Q4_K_M
The lightest, ~5% loss
6 GB
Q5_K_M
Good quality/size compromise
8 GB
Q8_0
Nearly indistinguishable from FP16
12 GB
FP16
Full precision — server use
20 GB
Fallback CPU · If you don't have a GPU, allow 12 GB of RAM minimum to run this model at reduced speed.

What hardware do you need for Falcon 3 10B Instruct?

To run Falcon 3 10B Instruct locally with Q4 quantization, you need about 6 GB of VRAM. An option to compare: RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (ASUS Prime) — leave some headroom for the system and context; check engine compatibility with the GPU.

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03Expected speed

Tokens generated per second in Q4_K_M, 4k context. Beyond 20 t/s, reading is comfortable. Below 10 t/s, that's just for testing.

Entry-level
~9t/s
GTX 1650, RX 6600, MBA M2 8GB
Mid-range
~28t/s
RTX 4060, 4070, MBP M3 Pro
High-end
~70t/s
RTX 4090, M4 Max, Radeon 7900

04Public benchmarks

Scores reproduced from model cards or MMLU-Pro / community sources. Unit: % correct answers.

MMLU
73.1
GSM8K
83.1