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qwenlm.github.io2024-09-18officialauthorityHN front pageabout the Qwen2.5 familyHN 168 pts · 38 comments1,744 words
Qwen2.5 introduces dense decoder-only models pretrained on up to 18 trillion tokens, available in sizes from 0.5B to 72B parameters. Most variants are licensed under Apache 2.0, excluding the 3B and 72B models, and support a 128K context window with 8K generation limits. Specialized versions for coding and mathematics offer enhanced performance on benchmarks like HumanEval and MATH.written, reviewed, cited
- Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct outperforms many larger language models across a range of programming languages and tasks.
- Qwen2.5-Math-72B-Instruct general performance surpasses both Qwen2-Math-72B-Instruct and GPT4-o.
qwenlm.github.io2024-11-11officialauthorityabout the Qwen2.5 familyHN 23 pts · 0 comments1,210 words
Analysis6
github.com2026-09-19authorityHN 3 pts · 0 comments6,746 words
Kev is a family of small decision models built on Qwen3.5 and Qwen3.8 that you can train and run locally. The API matches TypeSafe's System One, so you can point their Python SDK at your local server. The models support yes/no, multiple-choice, and rating questions in one request, with the 27B variant shipping as 51 GB of full weights.written, reviewed, cited
- Kev-27B requires 96–128 GB of RAM on Mac, a requirement marked as expected but not measured.
- The Kev-27B model ships as 51 GB of full weights because every weight is fine-tuned rather than using an adapter.
- An explicitly requested accelerator fails instead of falling back if the probe times out or crashes.
simonwillison.net2024-11-13authorityHN front pageabout the Qwen2.5 familyHN 164 pts · 65 comments635 words
Alibaba released the Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct model, an Apache 2.0 licensed open-source LLM. The 32B model runs on a 64GB MacBook Pro M2 via Ollama or MLX, fetching a 20GB quantized file. On MLX, it achieved 10.016 tokens-per-sec generation speed with 32.685 GB peak memory usage.written, reviewed, cited
- The model requires a workaround for an SSL bug when using the standard library instead of requests or httpx.
- Running the Ollama version was too slow because the author did not have the tool compiled to use the Mac's GPU.
arxiv.orgauthorityabout the Qwen2.5 family14,825 words
github.com2024-11-09authorityabout the Qwen2.5 familyHN 21 pts · 6 comments1,815 words
github.comauthorityabout the Qwen2.5 family
arxiv.org2024-11-11authorityabout the Qwen2.5 familyHN 4 pts · 0 comments
Community2
news.ycombinator.com2026-09-24about the Qwen2.5 familyHN 2 pts · 0 comments494 words
news.ycombinator.com2024-11-20about the Qwen2.5 familyHN 7 pts · 4 comments