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Athene V2 (72B)

72B excelling at code + math. Solid benchmarks but overshadowed by newer 2026 models. 99K downloads.

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Parameters
72B
Minimum RAM
64 GB
Model size
42 GB
Quantization
Q4_K_M

Can Athene V2 (72B) run locally?

Athene V2 (72B) is best suited for high-end workstations with 64 GB RAM. LocalClaw recommends Q4_K_M as the default quantization, with at least 64 GB RAM.

Search term for LM Studio or compatible runtimes: athene-v2-chat

Hugging Face repository: Nexusflow/Athene-V2-Chat-GGUF

codereasoningquality

Strengths

  • 72B excelling at code + math. Solid benchmarks but overshadowed by newer 2026 models. 99K downloads.

Limitations

  • Performance depends heavily on quantization, RAM bandwidth and runtime support.

Best use cases

  • code
  • reasoning
  • quality

Benchmarks

Speed: 2/10

Quality: 9/10

Coding: 9/10

Reasoning: 9/10

Technical details

Developer: athene

License: See model repository

Context window: Unknown tokens

Architecture: See model card

Released: 2024-11