DreamFast/gemma-3-12b-it-heretic-v2

Hugging Face
VISIONConcurrent Unit Cost:1Model Size:12BQuant:FP8Context Size:32kPublished:Mar 10, 2026License:gemmaArchitecture:Transformer0.1K Featherless Exclusive Warm

DreamFast/gemma-3-12b-it-heretic-v2 is an abliterated version of Google's Gemma 3 12B IT model, processed using Heretic v1.3.0. This model significantly reduces content refusals while maintaining quality, making it suitable as an uncensored text encoder for video generation models like LTX-2. It is available in various quantization formats including FP8, INT8 (ConvRot), NVFP4, MXFP8, and GGUF, optimized for diverse GPU architectures from Ada to Blackwell.

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DreamFast/gemma-3-12b-it-heretic-v2 Overview

This model is an abliterated version of Google's Gemma 3 12B IT, created using Heretic v1.3.0. Its primary distinction is a significant reduction in content refusals (from 100/100 to 8/100 in trials) while preserving model quality, indicated by a low KL divergence of 0.0801. This makes it particularly effective for applications requiring less censorship, such as an uncensored text encoder for video generation models like LTX-2.

Key Capabilities & Features

  • Reduced Refusals: Achieves 92% reduction in refusals compared to the base model, enabling more faithful prompt encoding for creative content.
  • Vision Preserved: All ComfyUI variants retain vision_model and multi_modal_projector keys, supporting I2V (image-to-video) prompt enhancement.
  • Diverse Quantization: Offered in five formats: FP8, INT8 (ConvRot), NVFP4, MXFP8, and GGUF, catering to a wide range of GPU hardware from Ada to Blackwell.
  • INT8 (ConvRot): Near-lossless INT8 quantization via SVD-guided learned rounding, compatible with any modern GPU (Ampere+) and natively supported in ComfyUI v0.27.0+.
  • MXFP8 & NVFP4: Specialized quantization for Blackwell GPUs, offering efficient performance and smaller file sizes.

Ideal Use Cases

  • Video Generation (LTX-2): Optimized as a text encoder for LTX-2, where it helps in generating videos with more faithful and less censored prompt adherence.
  • Creative Content Generation: Suitable for applications where reduced censorship in text embeddings is desired, leading to less sanitized or altered outputs.
  • Resource-Constrained Environments: The variety of quantization formats allows deployment across different hardware, from high-end Blackwell GPUs to older Ampere+ cards, optimizing for VRAM and inference speed.

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