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โ‡ฑ Aya Expanse 8B VRAM Requirements โ€” GPU Compatibility


๐Ÿ‘ Cohere
Cohere

Aya Expanse 8B

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๐Ÿ‘ huggingface
HuggingFace
24.2KDownloads438LikesOct 2024Released8K tokensContextCC-BY-NC-4.0License8 EntryQuality

Aya Expanse 8B (8B parameters) requires approximately 8.3 GB of VRAM with Q4_K_M quantization. For the best balance of quality and speed, we recommend hardware with at least 10 GB of VRAM.

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Copy-paste commands to run Aya Expanse 8B on your machine.

Run

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \ --hf-repo "CohereForAI/aya-expanse-8b" \ --hf-file "aya-expanse-8b-Q4_K_M.gguf" \ -c 4096 -ngl 99

Quick specs

Parameters8B
Architecturedense
Context8K tokens
Modalitytext
Min RAM3.1 GB
Rec. RAM4.9 GB (Q4_K_M)
LicenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
FamilyAya
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About this model

Aya Expanse 8B is Cohere's multilingual model supporting 23 languages with strong cross-lingual transfer. Designed for global applications requiring high-quality generation across diverse languages.

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Quantization options

VRAM estimates by quant level

No hardware detected โ€” fit column shows raw VRAM estimates

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
3.1 GB
Lowโ€”
Q3_K_S
3
3.9 GB
Lowโ€”
NVFP4
4
4.5 GB
Mediumโ€”
Q4_K_M
4
4.9 GB
Mediumโ€”
Q5_K_M
5
5.8 GB
Highโ€”
Q6_K
6
6.6 GB
Highโ€”
Q8_0
8
8.6 GB
Very Highโ€”
F16
16
16.4 GB
Maximumโ€”

Quality benchmarks

Aya Expanse 8B benchmark scores

Benchmark verified

Reasoning

MMLU-Pro22.3%
GPQA Diamond7.0%
MATH-5008.6%
ARC Challengeโ€”

General

Chatbot Arenaโ€”
IFEval63.6%

Source: community ยท 2025-01-01

Hardware compatibility

Fit estimates across all hardware

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Memory breakdown

Reference: RTX 2060 6GB

Weights4.9 GB
KV Cache2.0 GB
Runtime0.9 GB
Headroom0.6 GB

Frequently asked questions

FAQ โ€” Aya Expanse 8B

See also

Quantization GuideScoring MethodologyVRAM Calculator