liodon-ai/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-imatrix-GGUF overview
Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B — iMatrix GGUF GGUF quantizations of NousResearch/Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B https://huggingface.co/NousResearch/Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B , publi…
Runs locally from ~2.75 GB disk (4 GB VRAM class GPUs with llama.cpp / guIDE).
Repository Files & Downloads
| File | Type | Quantization | Size | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-IQ2_M.gguf | GGUF | IQ2_M | 2.75 GB | Download |
| Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-IQ3_M.gguf | GGUF | IQ3_M | 3.52 GB | Download |
| Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-IQ4_XS.gguf | GGUF | IQ4_XS | 4.14 GB | Download |
| Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-Q4_K_M.gguf | GGUF | Q4_K_M | 4.58 GB | Download |
| Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-Q5_K_M.gguf | GGUF | Q5_K_M | 5.34 GB | Download |
| Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-Q6_K.gguf | GGUF | Q6_K | 6.14 GB | Download |
| Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-Q8_0.gguf | GGUF | Q8_0 | 7.95 GB | Download |
Model Details
| Model ID | liodon-ai/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-imatrix-GGUF |
|---|---|
| Author | liodon-ai |
| Pipeline | text-generation |
| License | other |
| Base model | NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B |
| Last modified | 2026-07-14T11:05:09.000Z |
Model README
---
license: other
base_model: NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B
pipeline_tag: text-generation
tags:
- gguf
- local-llm
- llama.cpp
- lm-studio
- quantized
- imatrix
- sub-4-bit
- llama
- Llama-3
---
Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B — iMatrix GGUF
GGUF quantizations of NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B, published by Liodon AI.
Quick Start
llama.cpp
llama-cli -hf liodon-ai/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-imatrix-GGUF:Q4_K_MOllama
ollama run hf.co/liodon-ai/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-imatrix-GGUF:Q4_K_MLM Studio / Jan — search liodon-ai/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-imatrix-GGUF and pick your quant.
Quants
| Quant | Size | VRAM est. | Notes |
|-------|------|-----------|-------|
| IQ2_M | 2.95 GB | ~3 GB | 2-bit, iMatrix — smallest usable |
| IQ3_M | 3.78 GB | ~4 GB | 3-bit, iMatrix — great quality/size tradeoff |
| IQ4_XS | 4.45 GB | ~5 GB | 4-bit extra-small, iMatrix |
| Q4_K_M | 4.92 GB | ~6 GB | 4-bit, iMatrix-calibrated (recommended) |
| Q5_K_M | 5.73 GB | ~7 GB | 5-bit, iMatrix-calibrated |
| Q6_K | 6.60 GB | ~8 GB | 6-bit, iMatrix-calibrated, near-lossless |
| Q8_0 | 8.54 GB | ~10 GB | 8-bit, essentially lossless |
What is iMatrix?
Standard quantization treats all weights equally. iMatrix runs 128 calibration chunks through
the full-precision model to find which weights matter most, then allocates more precision where
it counts. At Q2/Q3/Q4 this means noticeably better coherence and instruction-following —
same file size, better output.
Calibration: 2M tokens of WikiText-103.
> Also see plain (non-iMatrix) quants: liodon-ai/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF
Source
- Model: NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B
- License: other
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Quantized by Liodon AI
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