huggingFacing/qwen2.5-7b-to-1.5b-gkd-paper100k-step1500-seed10

TEXT GENERATIONPricing:Input $0.04 / Cached $0.008 / Output $0.08Concurrent Unit Cost:1Model Size:1.5BQuant:BF16Context Size:32kTool Calling:SupportedPublished:Aug 17, 2026License:apache-2.0Architecture:Transformer Open Weights Featherless Exclusive Cold

This model is a 1.5 billion parameter student model derived from Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct, created by huggingFacing through knowledge distillation from the Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct teacher model. It was trained using a fully on-policy vanilla GKD (Generative Knowledge Distillation) baseline over 1,500 optimizer steps on a 100k-example dataset. This model is specifically optimized for efficient performance by transferring knowledge from a larger 7B parameter model to a smaller 1.5B parameter student, making it suitable for applications requiring a compact yet capable language model.

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Overview

This model, huggingFacing/qwen2.5-7b-to-1.5b-gkd-paper100k-step1500-seed10, is a 1.5 billion parameter student model resulting from a knowledge distillation process. It was developed by huggingFacing, leveraging the Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct as the teacher model and Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct as the student's initialization.

Key Capabilities

  • Knowledge Distillation: Utilizes a fully on-policy vanilla Generative Knowledge Distillation (GKD) baseline to transfer capabilities from a larger 7B parameter model to a more compact 1.5B parameter student.
  • Efficient Training: Trained over 1,500 optimizer steps with a global batch size of 64, using AdamW optimizer and a cosine learning rate schedule.
  • Data-Efficient: Distilled using a specific lift_paper_en_natural_v1/100k dataset, comprising 96,000 training examples.
  • Compact Size: At 1.5 billion parameters, it offers a significantly smaller footprint compared to its 7B teacher, making it suitable for resource-constrained environments.

Good For

  • Resource-Constrained Deployments: Ideal for applications where computational resources or memory are limited, but a capable language model is still required.
  • Efficient Inference: Its smaller size allows for faster inference speeds and lower operational costs.
  • Specific Task Adaptation: Potentially suitable for fine-tuning on specific downstream tasks where the knowledge transferred from the larger teacher model can be effectively leveraged in a smaller form factor.