---
base_model:
- NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
library_name: transformers
tags:
- mergekit
- merge

---

This is meant for further finetuning, it is iffy as-is. Made using a new structure I call "ripple merge" that works backwards and forwards through the model.

Other frankenmerge methods were failing at sizes over 11b.

---

# Llama-3-15b-Instruct

This is a merge of pre-trained language models created using [mergekit](https://github.com/cg123/mergekit).

## Merge Details
### Merge Method

This model was merged using the passthrough merge method.

### Models Merged

The following models were included in the merge:
* [NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct)

### Configuration

The following YAML configuration was used to produce this model:

```yaml
slices:
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [0, 15]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [14, 15]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [13, 14]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [12, 13]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [11, 12]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [10, 11]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [9, 10]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [8, 23]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [21, 22]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [20, 21]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [19, 20]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [18, 19]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [17, 18]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [16, 17]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [15, 16]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [14, 15]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [13, 14]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [12, 13]
  - sources:
      - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
        layer_range: [12, 32]

merge_method: passthrough
dtype: float16




```