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Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Language model · United States ·Jan 2019

Transformer-XL (257M)

Language Open (Restricted)
257M
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About Transformer-XL (257M)

Transformer-XL (257M) is an AI model developed by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), in the language category, released in 2019, made available as an open-weights model with 0.3B params.

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Sized to what Transformer-XL (257M) 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
120+ tok/s
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120+ tok/s
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Datacenter GPU
120+ tok/s
13 options →

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What is Transformer-XL (257M)? ▶

Transformer-XL (257M) is an AI model developed by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), in the language category, released in 2019. It is tracked on GenAIList with its specifications, benchmark scores and provider pricing.

Who created Transformer-XL (257M)? ▶

Transformer-XL (257M) was developed by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and released in 2019.

Is Transformer-XL (257M) open source or proprietary? ▶

Transformer-XL (257M) ships as an open-weights model: you can download and self-host the weights, though the licence may place some restrictions on use.

How much does Transformer-XL (257M) cost? ▶

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How does Transformer-XL (257M) perform on benchmarks? ▶

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