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Cola2: 9B parameters, free to download

Cola2 by ByteDance-Seed came out on 6 Nov 2026, with open weights on Hugging Face. At 4-bit it needs about 8 GB of memory.

What the video says

A new free AI model with 9 billion parameters.

It comes from ByteDance-Seed, with open weights.

Can your PC run it? At 4-bit it needs about 8 gigabytes. You need at least an RTX 4060.

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The data

Hardware

Memory at 4-bit with an 8K context, from our simulator. To check your own setup, use the Run at home simulator.

  • Cola2: about 8 GB at 4-bit · smallest home machine that holds it: RTX 4060 (8 GB) · Amazon ↗

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Every number in this post comes from the FreeLLMArena data on 11 Nov 2026: Arena votes, Hugging Face sizes and our speed simulator. Download the video and its subtitles.

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