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H2O-Lightning 4B Native

H2O-Lightning 4B Native has 4.206 billion total parameters. The selected Q8_0 GGUF file is 4.482 GB.

Data snapshot: . 1 published test in this catalog.

Model file and details

Provider
H2O.ai
Total parameters
4,205,751,296
Exact file size
4,482,407,296 bytes
Quantization / precision
Q8_0
Weight repository
h2oai/h2o-lightning-4b-gguf
Original model repository
h2oai/h2o-lightning-4b
Weight revision
7c34c24d36bb0642cf9478a13b7c022b94410017
Model revision
03b06b677b071d762d19757ac84662ba05f90349
Runtime notes
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Recorded release date
2026-10-13
Date evidence
On 13 October 2026 the publisher added measured mixed-IQ3_XXS and plain IQ3_XXS options. On 14 October it added a tested OpenAI Decisions API route to the official shim, compatible with openai Python 3.26 or later and mapping predicate, choice and score questions onto the same typed-decision contract as /v1/systemone. The selected native Q8_0 artifact is unchanged at 4,482,407,296 bytes with SHA-256 af870597bc5da17c97712cc3b4eda987a142e6e8619ba705d1735d1c8727ad8b; the smaller IQ3 files use standard llama.cpp plus the publisher shim and remain explicitly experimental.

h2o-lightning-4b-Q8_0.gguf

GGUF file and download on Hugging Face · Original model card

Published benchmark results

These scores were compiled from the linked sources. These published scores were not independently tested here. Different prompts, precision, thinking budgets and tools can change results.

JEVBench · public 231

88.31 / 100

Micro accuracy across 48 Easy, 72 Original and 111 Hard-public decisions using the typed-decision serving bundle. Not an official leaderboard rank.

Benchmark efficiency: 19.701 published score points per GB of selected weights. This ratio is not an inference-speed measure; check the test settings to see whether the score covers the selected quantization.

Test settings: Publisher-run test of the selected Q8_0 decision weights on all 231 public JevBench text questions through the llama.cpp decision endpoint with 40,960-token context and one slot. Q8_0 answered 204/231 correctly (88.31%); the publisher's BF16 llama.cpp run answered 205/231. The card reports the same top answers for native and shim deployments on 231/231 prompts when both use these weights and the documented decision contract.

Artifact-specific publisher result, rounded from 204/231; not independent, not the official JevBench composite leaderboard and not a general-chat score. The official repository provides a hash-checked launcher pinned to bootstrap commit 4e179b1c1147cfe55e1f3c47814853a5f1b85c0a and package commit 5eb7e563fa8e4eeaaca17b2230498dd112005159, serving typed decisions through POST /v1/decisions. Its current shim also exposes a tested OpenAI Decisions API route for openai Python 3.26 or later; it maps predicate, choice and score questions onto the same decision format as /v1/systemone, which remains available. The publisher says a score answer's confidence is the probability of its most likely level, usage.input_tokens counts the full input even when state is cut for reading, usage.processed_input_tokens is what vLLM read, and usage.output_tokens counts one label token per answered question. These are interface and accounting semantics, not new benchmark or speed evidence. Its optional text-only reasoned client adds up to 256 analysis tokens before repeating the decision; it is extra inference, not training, and rejects image inputs. In the publisher's small 72-case/120-question suite, BF16 improved from 98 to 120 correct questions; the Q8 comparison reused that suite and improved from 99 to 120, so this is not an independent or universal accuracy guarantee and is not used as a ranking score. On 4,074 held-out decision questions under standard llama.cpp plus the publisher shim versus BF16 vLLM, Q8_0, Q5_K_M and Q4_K_M matched BF16 headline accuracy within reported measurement error; Q5_K_M changed about 3% of top answers and Q4_K_M about 5%, including some confident cases. The exact stock Q5_K_M file is 3,074,987,168 bytes with SHA-256 4fa5ad9fc19c47acbf877b017e05d8281a95d4e4943a8b5e737e7610351e9737; the exact stock Q4_K_M file is 2,708,804,768 bytes with SHA-256 6356a49ed0812da07d772df752ed9f57bc3da6d0a10c7df19f5c7726af6943d9. The later same-question comparison measured the mixed IQ3_XXS file at 2,160,135,136 bytes and 2.5 points below BF16 (95% CI -3.5 to -1.5) with 88.6% top-answer agreement, while plain IQ3_XXS is 1,904,493,536 bytes and 3.5 points below BF16 (95% CI -4.6 to -2.6) with 87.3% agreement. Mixed IQ3_XXS scored 1.1 points above plain IQ3_XXS (95% CI +0.4 to +1.7); its 206/231 public-question result versus Q8_0's 204/231 is within noise and is not treated as superior accuracy. Q5_K_M, Q4_K_M and both IQ3_XXS files use standard llama.cpp plus the publisher shim; the selected native Q8_0 file still requires unmerged llama.cpp PR #30361. The selected language file excludes the separate vision projector, runtime overhead, KV/context memory and concurrency. No speed or hardware-compatibility claim is inferred. Apache-2.0 license.

Read the JEVBench · public 231 source

Memory and comparison limits

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The 4.482 GB figure covers model weights in this file. It excludes the context cache, runtime, operating system and any separate multimodal files. It is not a measured RAM requirement or a token-generation speed.

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CPU inference

Glorlin Ryzen 7 6800H Mini PC

Ryzen 7 6800H, Radeon 680M, 16GB LPDDR5-6400, 512GB SSD

$469.99Dated reference · not a live offer

16 GB system RAM · CPU planning

The LPDDR5 memory is listed with a 16GB maximum; no RAM upgrade is assumed.

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Listing and price evidence

Listing evidence: 2026-09-25. Amazon.com base price visible in an owner-supplied screenshot reviewed 25 Sep 2026; capture time not supplied. Dated reference, not a live quote. Excludes card signup offers, coupons, tax and shipping.

Apple unified memory

Apple Mac mini M5 Pro · 24GB

15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 24GB unified memory, 512GB SSD

$1,699.00Dated reference · not a live offer

24 GB unified memory

Fixed 24GB memory and internal storage limit model size; no CUDA support; Amazon main-offer price and stock were not verified in this run.

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Listing and price evidence

Listing evidence: 2026-10-03. Apple US launch price announced 22 September 2026: USD 1,699. Dated manufacturer reference, not an Amazon offer; tax and shipping may differ.

AMD unified memory

GMKtec EVO-X2

Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 64GB LPDDR5X-8000, 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD

$2,199.99Dated reference · not a live offer

64 GB unified memory

Memory is soldered and shared with the operating system.

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Listing evidence: 2026-09-24. GMKtec, EVO-X2 / 64GB / 1TB, recorded 22 Sep 2026; exact ASIN capacity identified 24 Sep. This is a dated reference, not a current Amazon price; tax, shipping and bundle contents may differ.

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RAM and VRAM planning for H2O Lightning 4B

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System RAM (CPU inference)
8 GB planning tier · 5.6 GB initial weight budget
Dedicated VRAM
6 GB planning tier · 4.8 GB initial weight budget
Unified memory
8 GB planning tier · 5.6 GB initial weight budget

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