---
license: other
tags:
- gguf
- yuan
- yuanvl
- multimodal
- vision-language
- moe
- quantized
base_model:
- YuanLabAI/Yuan3.0-Flash
---

# Yuan3.0-Flash-GGUF

> ⚠️ **Bleeding Edge**: This GGUF requires a custom llama.cpp build with Yuan3.0 support. Not yet in mainstream llama.cpp.
> 
> See [Links](#links) below for the custom branch and Docker images.

GGUF quantized versions of [YuanLabAI/Yuan3.0-Flash](https://huggingface.co/YuanLabAI/Yuan3.0-Flash), a 40B parameter multimodal MoE model (~3.7B activated).

## Model Overview

| Attribute | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Base Model | YuanLabAI/Yuan3.0-Flash |
| Architecture | MoE (256 experts, 8 activated + 1 shared) |
| Total Parameters | 40B |
| Activated Parameters | ~3.7B |
| Context Length | 128K |
| Input Modality | Text + Images |

## Available Quantizations

| Quantization | Size | Use Case |
|-------------|------|----------|
| F16 (3 shards) | ~77GB | Full precision |
| Q4_K_M | ~23GB | Good balance of speed/quality |

## Quickstart

### Option 1: Pre-built Docker Image (Recommended)

```bash
# Pull the latest image
docker pull ghcr.io/qades/llama.cpp:latest

# Run with GPU
docker run --gpus all -v /home/mk/yuan/Yuan3.0-Flash-GGUF:/model \
  ghcr.io/qades/llama.cpp:latest \
  ./llama-cli -m /model/Yuan3.0-Flash-Q4_K_M.gguf \
  --mmproj /model/mmproj-Yuan3.0-Flash-f16.gguf \
  -c 131072 -n 4096 --temp 0.7

# Or use the OAI-compatible server
docker run --gpus all -p 8080:8080 -v /home/mk/yuan/Yuan3.0-Flash-GGUF:/model \
  ghcr.io/qades/llama.cpp:latest \
  ./llama-server -m /model/Yuan3.0-Flash-Q4_K_M.gguf \
  --mmproj /model/mmproj-Yuan3.0-Flash-f16.gguf -c 131072
```

Available tags:
- `latest` - Main branch
- `yuan3_0` - Yuan3.0 specific branch
- `sha-XXXXXX` - Specific commits

### Option 2: Build from Source

```bash
# Clone the custom branch
cd ~/llama.cpp
git checkout yuan3_0
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --config Release

# Run
./build/bin/llama-cli -m ../Yuan3.0-Flash-GGUF/Yuan3.0-Flash-Q4_K_M.gguf \
  --mmproj ../Yuan3.0-Flash-GGUF/mmproj-Yuan3.0-Flash-f16.gguf \
  -c 131072 -n 4096 --temp 0.7
```

### Option 3: llama-cpp-python

Build from the custom branch, then:

```python
from llama_cpp import Llama

llm = Llama(
    model_path="Yuan3.0-Flash-Q4_K_M.gguf",
    mmproj_path="mmproj-Yuan3.0-Flash-f16.gguf",
    n_ctx=131072,
    n_gpu_layers=-1,
)

# Text-only
output = llm("Explain quantum computing in simple terms")

# With image
from llama_cpp import LlamaVision

llm = LlamaVision(
    model_path="Yuan3.0-Flash-Q4_K_M.gguf",
    mmproj_path="mmproj-Yuan3.0-Flash-f16.gguf",
)
output = llm([{"type": "image", "image": "photo.jpg"}, {"type": "text", "text": "What do you see?"}])
```

### Option 4: Ollama

Create `Modelfile`:

```yaml
FROM ./Yuan3.0-Flash-Q4_K_M.gguf
PARAMETER mmproj ./mmproj-Yuan3.0-Flash-f16.gguf
PARAMETER context_length 131072
PARAMETER temperature 0.7
```

```bash
ollama create yuan3.0-flash -f Modelfile
ollama run yuan3.0-flash
```

### vLLM (FP16 recommended for GPU)

```bash
vllm serve YuanLabAI/Yuan3.0-Flash \
    --dtype half \
    --max-model-len 131072
```

## Memory Requirements

| Quantization | RAM/VRAM |
|-------------|----------|
| F16 | ~80GB |
| Q4_K_M | ~24GB |
| Q4_K_M + CPU offload | ~8GB VRAM |

## Performance Notes

- Context length tested up to 131K tokens
- Vision encoding adds ~0.5s per image
- Recommended: `--threads 8` for CPU inference

## Citation

If you use this GGUF conversion:

```bibtex
@software{yuan3.0flash_gguf,
  title = {Yuan3.0-Flash-GGUF},
  author = {Michael Klaus},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/YuanLabAI/Yuan3.0-Flash}
}
```

Original model:

```bibtex
@misc{yuan3.0flash,
  title = {Yuan3.0 Flash: An Open Multimodal Large Language Model for Enterprise Applications},
  author = {YuanLab AI},
  year = {2025},
  eprint = {2601.01718},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {cs.CL}
}
```

## Files

```
Yuan3.0-Flash-GGUF/
├── mmproj-Yuan3.0-Flash-f16.gguf       # Vision projector (~744MB)
├── Yuan3.0-Flash-f16-00001-of-00003.gguf  # F16 shard 1 (~21GB)
├── Yuan3.0-Flash-f16-00002-of-00003.gguf  # F16 shard 2 (~27GB)
├── Yuan3.0-Flash-f16-00003-of-00003.gguf  # F16 shard 3 (~29GB)
└── Yuan3.0-Flash-Q4_K_M.gguf            # Q4_K_M quantization (~23GB)
```

---

*Converted using [llama.cpp (QaDeS branch)](https://github.com/QaDeS/llama.cpp/tree/yuan3_0)*

## Links

| Resource | URL |
|----------|-----|
| Custom llama.cpp branch | [github.com/QaDeS/llama.cpp/tree/yuan3_0](https://github.com/QaDeS/llama.cpp/tree/yuan3_0) |
| Docker images | [ghcr.io/qades/llama.cpp](https://github.com/QaDeS/llama.cpp/pkgs/container/llama.cpp) |
| Base model (HuggingFace) | [YuanLabAI/Yuan3.0-Flash](https://huggingface.co/YuanLabAI/Yuan3.0-Flash) |
| Local llama.cpp build | `~/llama.cpp` |
| Original model paper | [arXiv:2601.01718](https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01718) |