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Chapter 10. Validated models for x86_64 CPU inference serving


The following large language models have been validated for use with Red Hat AI Inference Server on x86_64 CPUs with AVX2 instruction set support. CPU inference is optimized for smaller models that can run efficiently without GPU acceleration.

Note

x86_64 CPU inference is best suited for smaller models, typically under 3 billion parameters. Performance depends on your CPU specifications, available system RAM, and model size. For larger models or production workloads requiring high throughput, consider using GPU acceleration.

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Table 10.1. Validated models for inferencing with x86_64 CPU
ModelHugging Face model cardNumber of parameters

TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0

TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0

1.1B

Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct

meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct

1B

granite-3.2-2b-instruct

ibm-granite/granite-3.2-2b-instruct

2B

TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0-pruned2.4

RedHatAI/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0-pruned2.4

1.1B (pruned)

TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v0.4-pruned50-quant-ds

RedHatAI/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v0.4-pruned50-quant-ds

1.1B (pruned + quantized)

opt-125m

facebook/opt-125m

125M

Qwen2-0.5B-Instruct-AWQ

Qwen/Qwen2-0.5B-Instruct-AWQ

0.5B

Important

Quantization formats that require GPU-specific kernels, such as Marlin format, are not supported for CPU inference. Use AWQ or GPTQ quantization formats that are compatible with CPU execution.

The following table provides general guidance for approximate system RAM requirements based on model size:

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Table 10.2. Memory requirements for inference serving with x86_64 CPU
Model sizeMinimum RAMRecommended RAM

125M - 500M

8GB

16GB

500M - 1B

16GB

32GB

1B - 3B

32GB

64GB

Note

Actual memory usage depends on the model architecture, context length, and batch size. Increase the VLLM_CPU_KVCACHE_SPACE environment variable to allocate more memory for the key-value cache when using longer context lengths.

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