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Almawave
Language model · Italy ·Feb 2025

Velvet 2B

Language Open Source
2B
Parameters

About Velvet 2B

Velvet 2B is an AI model developed by Almawave, in the language category, released in 2025, made available as an open-source model with 2B params. Compact, edge-friendly Italian/English LLM from Almawave (~3T tokens)..

On this page you'll find Velvet 2B's full specifications. Review provider pricing and benchmark scores below, or compare Velvet 2B head-to-head with other language models.

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Links

Announcement ↗ Hugging Face ↗

Run Velvet 2B locally — what to buy

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Sized to what Velvet 2B actually needs (~8k context at Q4), not to the biggest GPU: Good = cheapest that runs it, Better = best value, Best = most headroom. Speed is a hardware estimate; anything past ~120 tok/s is shown as instant.

Best
Intel Arc B580 12GB
Consumer GPU · ~$249
~120 tok/s
Q4 · fits full context · up to 8k ctx
Runs with: ExLlamaV2, KoboldCpp, LM Studio
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Software support

·ExLlamaV2 ·KoboldCpp ·LM Studio ·MLX ·Ollama ·SGLang ·TensorRT-LLM ·llama.cpp ·vLLM ?KTransformers ?text-generation-webui

✓ measured · · compatible · — not supported. Informational only — speed is hardware-based.

Consumer GPU
87–120+ tok/s
33 options →
Apple
87–120+ tok/s
18 options →
Datacenter GPU
120+ tok/s
13 options →

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Frequently asked questions

What is Velvet 2B? ▶

Compact, edge-friendly Italian/English LLM from Almawave (~3T tokens). It is tracked on GenAIList with its specifications, benchmark scores and provider pricing.

Who created Velvet 2B? ▶

Velvet 2B was developed by Almawave and released in 2025.

Is Velvet 2B open source or proprietary? ▶

Velvet 2B is released as open source — its weights are publicly available to download, run locally and fine-tune.

How much does Velvet 2B cost? ▶

Pricing for Velvet 2B depends on the provider. See the providers table on this page for the latest API rates.

How does Velvet 2B perform on benchmarks? ▶

Benchmark scores for Velvet 2B are listed on this page as they are published. You can compare it head-to-head with other models on the GenAIList compare tool.

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