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Hugging Face
Language model · United States ·Oct 2019

DistilBERT

Language Open (Restricted)
66M
Parameters

About DistilBERT

DistilBERT is an AI model developed by Hugging Face, in the language category, released in 2019, made available as an open-weights model with 0.1B params.

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

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Sized to what DistilBERT 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
33 options →
Apple
120+ tok/s
18 options →
Datacenter GPU
120+ tok/s
13 options →

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Frequently asked questions

What is DistilBERT? ▶

DistilBERT is an AI model developed by Hugging Face, in the language category, released in 2019. It is tracked on GenAIList with its specifications, benchmark scores and provider pricing.

Who created DistilBERT? ▶

DistilBERT was developed by Hugging Face and released in 2019.

Is DistilBERT open source or proprietary? ▶

DistilBERT 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 DistilBERT cost? ▶

Pricing for DistilBERT depends on the provider. See the providers table on this page for the latest API rates.

How does DistilBERT perform on benchmarks? ▶

Benchmark scores for DistilBERT 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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