# llama.cpp/tools/cli ## Usage ### Common params | Argument | Explanation | | -------- | ----------- | | `-h, --help, --usage` | print usage and exit | | `--version` | show version and build info | | `-cl, --cache-list` | show list of models in cache | | `--completion-bash` | print source-able bash completion script for llama.cpp | | `--verbose-prompt` | print a verbose prompt before generation (default: false) | | `-t, --threads N` | number of CPU threads to use during generation (default: -1)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_THREADS) | | `-tb, --threads-batch N` | number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads) | | `-C, --cpu-mask M` | CPU affinity mask: arbitrarily long hex. Complements cpu-range (default: "") | | `-Cr, --cpu-range lo-hi` | range of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask | | `--cpu-strict <0\|1>` | use strict CPU placement (default: 0) | | `--prio N` | set process/thread priority : low(-1), normal(0), medium(1), high(2), realtime(3) (default: 0) | | `--poll <0...100>` | use polling level to wait for work (0 - no polling, default: 50) | | `-Cb, --cpu-mask-batch M` | CPU affinity mask: arbitrarily long hex. Complements cpu-range-batch (default: same as --cpu-mask) | | `-Crb, --cpu-range-batch lo-hi` | ranges of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask-batch | | `--cpu-strict-batch <0\|1>` | use strict CPU placement (default: same as --cpu-strict) | | `--prio-batch N` | set process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: 0) | | `--poll-batch <0\|1>` | use polling to wait for work (default: same as --poll) | | `-c, --ctx-size N` | size of the prompt context (default: 0, 0 = loaded from model)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CTX_SIZE) | | `-n, --predict, --n-predict N` | number of tokens to predict (default: -1, -1 = infinity)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_PREDICT) | | `-b, --batch-size N` | logical maximum batch size (default: 2048)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_BATCH) | | `-ub, --ubatch-size N` | physical maximum batch size (default: 512)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_UBATCH) | | `--keep N` | number of tokens to keep from the initial prompt (default: 0, -1 = all) | | `--swa-full` | use full-size SWA cache (default: false)
[(more info)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/13194#issuecomment-2868343055)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_SWA_FULL) | | `-fa, --flash-attn [on\|off\|auto]` | set Flash Attention use ('on', 'off', or 'auto', default: 'auto')
(env: LLAMA_ARG_FLASH_ATTN) | | `-p, --prompt PROMPT` | prompt to start generation with; for system message, use -sys | | `--perf, --no-perf` | whether to enable internal libllama performance timings (default: false)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_PERF) | | `-f, --file FNAME` | a file containing the prompt (default: none) | | `-bf, --binary-file FNAME` | binary file containing the prompt (default: none) | | `-e, --escape, --no-escape` | whether to process escapes sequences (\n, \r, \t, \', \", \\) (default: true) | | `--rope-scaling {none,linear,yarn}` | RoPE frequency scaling method, defaults to linear unless specified by the model
(env: LLAMA_ARG_ROPE_SCALING_TYPE) | | `--rope-scale N` | RoPE context scaling factor, expands context by a factor of N
(env: LLAMA_ARG_ROPE_SCALE) | | `--rope-freq-base N` | RoPE base frequency, used by NTK-aware scaling (default: loaded from model)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_ROPE_FREQ_BASE) | | `--rope-freq-scale N` | RoPE frequency scaling factor, expands context by a factor of 1/N
(env: LLAMA_ARG_ROPE_FREQ_SCALE) | | `--yarn-orig-ctx N` | YaRN: original context size of model (default: 0 = model training context size)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_ORIG_CTX) | | `--yarn-ext-factor N` | YaRN: extrapolation mix factor (default: -1.0, 0.0 = full interpolation)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_EXT_FACTOR) | | `--yarn-attn-factor N` | YaRN: scale sqrt(t) or attention magnitude (default: -1.0)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_ATTN_FACTOR) | | `--yarn-beta-slow N` | YaRN: high correction dim or alpha (default: -1.0)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_BETA_SLOW) | | `--yarn-beta-fast N` | YaRN: low correction dim or beta (default: -1.0)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_BETA_FAST) | | `-kvo, --kv-offload, -nkvo, --no-kv-offload` | whether to enable KV cache offloading (default: enabled)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_KV_OFFLOAD) | | `--repack, -nr, --no-repack` | whether to enable weight repacking (default: enabled)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_REPACK) | | `--no-host` | bypass host buffer allowing extra buffers to be used
(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_HOST) | | `-ctk, --cache-type-k TYPE` | KV cache data type for K
allowed values: f32, f16, bf16, q8_0, q4_0, q4_1, iq4_nl, q5_0, q5_1
(default: f16)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CACHE_TYPE_K) | | `-ctv, --cache-type-v TYPE` | KV cache data type for V
allowed values: f32, f16, bf16, q8_0, q4_0, q4_1, iq4_nl, q5_0, q5_1
(default: f16)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CACHE_TYPE_V) | | `-dt, --defrag-thold N` | KV cache defragmentation threshold (DEPRECATED)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEFRAG_THOLD) | | `-np, --parallel N` | number of parallel sequences to decode (default: 1)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_PARALLEL) | | `--mlock` | force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MLOCK) | | `--mmap, --no-mmap` | whether to memory-map model (if disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock) (default: enabled)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMAP) | | `--numa TYPE` | attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems
- distribute: spread execution evenly over all nodes
- isolate: only spawn threads on CPUs on the node that execution started on
- numactl: use the CPU map provided by numactl
if run without this previously, it is recommended to drop the system page cache before using this
see https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/1437
(env: LLAMA_ARG_NUMA) | | `-dev, --device ` | comma-separated list of devices to use for offloading (none = don't offload)
use --list-devices to see a list of available devices
(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEVICE) | | `--list-devices` | print list of available devices and exit | | `-ot, --override-tensor =,...` | override tensor buffer type | | `-cmoe, --cpu-moe` | keep all Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights in the CPU
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CPU_MOE) | | `-ncmoe, --n-cpu-moe N` | keep the Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights of the first N layers in the CPU
(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_MOE) | | `-ngl, --gpu-layers, --n-gpu-layers N` | max. number of layers to store in VRAM (default: -1)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS) | | `-sm, --split-mode {none,layer,row}` | how to split the model across multiple GPUs, one of:
- none: use one GPU only
- layer (default): split layers and KV across GPUs
- row: split rows across GPUs
(env: LLAMA_ARG_SPLIT_MODE) | | `-ts, --tensor-split N0,N1,N2,...` | fraction of the model to offload to each GPU, comma-separated list of proportions, e.g. 3,1
(env: LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_SPLIT) | | `-mg, --main-gpu INDEX` | the GPU to use for the model (with split-mode = none), or for intermediate results and KV (with split-mode = row) (default: 0)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MAIN_GPU) | | `-fit, --fit [on\|off]` | whether to adjust unset arguments to fit in device memory ('on' or 'off', default: 'on')
(env: LLAMA_ARG_FIT) | | `-fitt, --fit-target MiB` | target margin per device for --fit option, default: 1024
(env: LLAMA_ARG_FIT_TARGET) | | `-fitc, --fit-ctx N` | minimum ctx size that can be set by --fit option, default: 4096
(env: LLAMA_ARG_FIT_CTX) | | `--check-tensors` | check model tensor data for invalid values (default: false) | | `--override-kv KEY=TYPE:VALUE,...` | advanced option to override model metadata by key. to specify multiple overrides, either use comma-separated or repeat this argument.
types: int, float, bool, str. example: --override-kv tokenizer.ggml.add_bos_token=bool:false,tokenizer.ggml.add_eos_token=bool:false | | `--op-offload, --no-op-offload` | whether to offload host tensor operations to device (default: true) | | `--lora FNAME` | path to LoRA adapter (use comma-separated values to load multiple adapters) | | `--lora-scaled FNAME:SCALE,...` | path to LoRA adapter with user defined scaling (format: FNAME:SCALE,...)
note: use comma-separated values | | `--control-vector FNAME` | add a control vector
note: use comma-separated values to add multiple control vectors | | `--control-vector-scaled FNAME:SCALE,...` | add a control vector with user defined scaling SCALE
note: use comma-separated values (format: FNAME:SCALE,...) | | `--control-vector-layer-range START END` | layer range to apply the control vector(s) to, start and end inclusive | | `-m, --model FNAME` | model path to load
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODEL) | | `-mu, --model-url MODEL_URL` | model download url (default: unused)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODEL_URL) | | `-dr, --docker-repo [/][:quant]` | Docker Hub model repository. repo is optional, default to ai/. quant is optional, default to :latest.
example: gemma3
(default: unused)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_DOCKER_REPO) | | `-hf, -hfr, --hf-repo /[:quant]` | Hugging Face model repository; quant is optional, case-insensitive, default to Q4_K_M, or falls back to the first file in the repo if Q4_K_M doesn't exist.
mmproj is also downloaded automatically if available. to disable, add --no-mmproj
example: unsloth/phi-4-GGUF:q4_k_m
(default: unused)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_REPO) | | `-hfd, -hfrd, --hf-repo-draft /[:quant]` | Same as --hf-repo, but for the draft model (default: unused)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_HFD_REPO) | | `-hff, --hf-file FILE` | Hugging Face model file. If specified, it will override the quant in --hf-repo (default: unused)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_FILE) | | `-hfv, -hfrv, --hf-repo-v /[:quant]` | Hugging Face model repository for the vocoder model (default: unused)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_REPO_V) | | `-hffv, --hf-file-v FILE` | Hugging Face model file for the vocoder model (default: unused)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_FILE_V) | | `-hft, --hf-token TOKEN` | Hugging Face access token (default: value from HF_TOKEN environment variable)
(env: HF_TOKEN) | | `--log-disable` | Log disable | | `--log-file FNAME` | Log to file
(env: LLAMA_LOG_FILE) | | `--log-colors [on\|off\|auto]` | Set colored logging ('on', 'off', or 'auto', default: 'auto')
'auto' enables colors when output is to a terminal
(env: LLAMA_LOG_COLORS) | | `-v, --verbose, --log-verbose` | Set verbosity level to infinity (i.e. log all messages, useful for debugging) | | `--offline` | Offline mode: forces use of cache, prevents network access
(env: LLAMA_OFFLINE) | | `-lv, --verbosity, --log-verbosity N` | Set the verbosity threshold. Messages with a higher verbosity will be ignored. Values:
- 0: generic output
- 1: error
- 2: warning
- 3: info
- 4: debug
(default: 3)

(env: LLAMA_LOG_VERBOSITY) | | `--log-prefix` | Enable prefix in log messages
(env: LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX) | | `--log-timestamps` | Enable timestamps in log messages
(env: LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS) | | `-ctkd, --cache-type-k-draft TYPE` | KV cache data type for K for the draft model
allowed values: f32, f16, bf16, q8_0, q4_0, q4_1, iq4_nl, q5_0, q5_1
(default: f16)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CACHE_TYPE_K_DRAFT) | | `-ctvd, --cache-type-v-draft TYPE` | KV cache data type for V for the draft model
allowed values: f32, f16, bf16, q8_0, q4_0, q4_1, iq4_nl, q5_0, q5_1
(default: f16)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CACHE_TYPE_V_DRAFT) | ### Sampling params | Argument | Explanation | | -------- | ----------- | | `--samplers SAMPLERS` | samplers that will be used for generation in the order, separated by ';'
(default: penalties;dry;top_n_sigma;top_k;typ_p;top_p;min_p;xtc;temperature) | | `-s, --seed SEED` | RNG seed (default: -1, use random seed for -1) | | `--sampler-seq, --sampling-seq SEQUENCE` | simplified sequence for samplers that will be used (default: edskypmxt) | | `--ignore-eos` | ignore end of stream token and continue generating (implies --logit-bias EOS-inf) | | `--temp N` | temperature (default: 0.8) | | `--top-k N` | top-k sampling (default: 40, 0 = disabled)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_TOP_K) | | `--top-p N` | top-p sampling (default: 0.9, 1.0 = disabled) | | `--min-p N` | min-p sampling (default: 0.1, 0.0 = disabled) | | `--top-nsigma N` | top-n-sigma sampling (default: -1.0, -1.0 = disabled) | | `--xtc-probability N` | xtc probability (default: 0.0, 0.0 = disabled) | | `--xtc-threshold N` | xtc threshold (default: 0.1, 1.0 = disabled) | | `--typical N` | locally typical sampling, parameter p (default: 1.0, 1.0 = disabled) | | `--repeat-last-n N` | last n tokens to consider for penalize (default: 64, 0 = disabled, -1 = ctx_size) | | `--repeat-penalty N` | penalize repeat sequence of tokens (default: 1.0, 1.0 = disabled) | | `--presence-penalty N` | repeat alpha presence penalty (default: 0.0, 0.0 = disabled) | | `--frequency-penalty N` | repeat alpha frequency penalty (default: 0.0, 0.0 = disabled) | | `--dry-multiplier N` | set DRY sampling multiplier (default: 0.0, 0.0 = disabled) | | `--dry-base N` | set DRY sampling base value (default: 1.75) | | `--dry-allowed-length N` | set allowed length for DRY sampling (default: 2) | | `--dry-penalty-last-n N` | set DRY penalty for the last n tokens (default: -1, 0 = disable, -1 = context size) | | `--dry-sequence-breaker STRING` | add sequence breaker for DRY sampling, clearing out default breakers ('\n', ':', '"', '*') in the process; use "none" to not use any sequence breakers | | `--dynatemp-range N` | dynamic temperature range (default: 0.0, 0.0 = disabled) | | `--dynatemp-exp N` | dynamic temperature exponent (default: 1.0) | | `--mirostat N` | use Mirostat sampling.
Top K, Nucleus and Locally Typical samplers are ignored if used.
(default: 0, 0 = disabled, 1 = Mirostat, 2 = Mirostat 2.0) | | `--mirostat-lr N` | Mirostat learning rate, parameter eta (default: 0.1) | | `--mirostat-ent N` | Mirostat target entropy, parameter tau (default: 5.0) | | `-l, --logit-bias TOKEN_ID(+/-)BIAS` | modifies the likelihood of token appearing in the completion,
i.e. `--logit-bias 15043+1` to increase likelihood of token ' Hello',
or `--logit-bias 15043-1` to decrease likelihood of token ' Hello' | | `--grammar GRAMMAR` | BNF-like grammar to constrain generations (see samples in grammars/ dir) (default: '') | | `--grammar-file FNAME` | file to read grammar from | | `-j, --json-schema SCHEMA` | JSON schema to constrain generations (https://json-schema.org/), e.g. `{}` for any JSON object
For schemas w/ external $refs, use --grammar + example/json_schema_to_grammar.py instead | | `-jf, --json-schema-file FILE` | File containing a JSON schema to constrain generations (https://json-schema.org/), e.g. `{}` for any JSON object
For schemas w/ external $refs, use --grammar + example/json_schema_to_grammar.py instead | ### CLI-specific params | Argument | Explanation | | -------- | ----------- | | `--display-prompt, --no-display-prompt` | whether to print prompt at generation (default: true) | | `-co, --color [on\|off\|auto]` | Colorize output to distinguish prompt and user input from generations ('on', 'off', or 'auto', default: 'auto')
'auto' enables colors when output is to a terminal | | `--ctx-checkpoints, --swa-checkpoints N` | max number of context checkpoints to create per slot (default: 8)[(more info)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/15293)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CTX_CHECKPOINTS) | | `-cram, --cache-ram N` | set the maximum cache size in MiB (default: 8192, -1 - no limit, 0 - disable)[(more info)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/16391)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CACHE_RAM) | | `--context-shift, --no-context-shift` | whether to use context shift on infinite text generation (default: disabled)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CONTEXT_SHIFT) | | `-sys, --system-prompt PROMPT` | system prompt to use with model (if applicable, depending on chat template) | | `--show-timings, --no-show-timings` | whether to show timing information after each response (default: true)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_SHOW_TIMINGS) | | `-sysf, --system-prompt-file FNAME` | a file containing the system prompt (default: none) | | `-r, --reverse-prompt PROMPT` | halt generation at PROMPT, return control in interactive mode | | `-sp, --special` | special tokens output enabled (default: false) | | `-cnv, --conversation, -no-cnv, --no-conversation` | whether to run in conversation mode:
- does not print special tokens and suffix/prefix
- interactive mode is also enabled
(default: auto enabled if chat template is available) | | `-st, --single-turn` | run conversation for a single turn only, then exit when done
will not be interactive if first turn is predefined with --prompt
(default: false) | | `-mli, --multiline-input` | allows you to write or paste multiple lines without ending each in '\' | | `--warmup, --no-warmup` | whether to perform warmup with an empty run (default: enabled) | | `-mm, --mmproj FILE` | path to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md
note: if -hf is used, this argument can be omitted
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ) | | `-mmu, --mmproj-url URL` | URL to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_URL) | | `--mmproj-auto, --no-mmproj, --no-mmproj-auto` | whether to use multimodal projector file (if available), useful when using -hf (default: enabled)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_AUTO) | | `--mmproj-offload, --no-mmproj-offload` | whether to enable GPU offloading for multimodal projector (default: enabled)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_OFFLOAD) | | `--image, --audio FILE` | path to an image or audio file. use with multimodal models, use comma-separated values for multiple files | | `--image-min-tokens N` | minimum number of tokens each image can take, only used by vision models with dynamic resolution (default: read from model)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_IMAGE_MIN_TOKENS) | | `--image-max-tokens N` | maximum number of tokens each image can take, only used by vision models with dynamic resolution (default: read from model)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_IMAGE_MAX_TOKENS) | | `-otd, --override-tensor-draft =,...` | override tensor buffer type for draft model | | `-cmoed, --cpu-moe-draft` | keep all Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights in the CPU for the draft model
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CPU_MOE_DRAFT) | | `-ncmoed, --n-cpu-moe-draft N` | keep the Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights of the first N layers in the CPU for the draft model
(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_MOE_DRAFT) | | `--chat-template-kwargs STRING` | sets additional params for the json template parser
(env: LLAMA_CHAT_TEMPLATE_KWARGS) | | `--jinja, --no-jinja` | whether to use jinja template engine for chat (default: enabled)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_JINJA) | | `--reasoning-format FORMAT` | controls whether thought tags are allowed and/or extracted from the response, and in which format they're returned; one of:
- none: leaves thoughts unparsed in `message.content`
- deepseek: puts thoughts in `message.reasoning_content`
- deepseek-legacy: keeps `` tags in `message.content` while also populating `message.reasoning_content`
(default: auto)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_THINK) | | `--reasoning-budget N` | controls the amount of thinking allowed; currently only one of: -1 for unrestricted thinking budget, or 0 to disable thinking (default: -1)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_THINK_BUDGET) | | `--chat-template JINJA_TEMPLATE` | set custom jinja chat template (default: template taken from model's metadata)
if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled
only commonly used templates are accepted (unless --jinja is set before this flag):
list of built-in templates:
bailing, bailing-think, bailing2, chatglm3, chatglm4, chatml, command-r, deepseek, deepseek2, deepseek3, exaone3, exaone4, falcon3, gemma, gigachat, glmedge, gpt-oss, granite, grok-2, hunyuan-dense, hunyuan-moe, kimi-k2, llama2, llama2-sys, llama2-sys-bos, llama2-sys-strip, llama3, llama4, megrez, minicpm, mistral-v1, mistral-v3, mistral-v3-tekken, mistral-v7, mistral-v7-tekken, monarch, openchat, orion, pangu-embedded, phi3, phi4, rwkv-world, seed_oss, smolvlm, vicuna, vicuna-orca, yandex, zephyr
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE) | | `--chat-template-file JINJA_TEMPLATE_FILE` | set custom jinja chat template file (default: template taken from model's metadata)
if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled
only commonly used templates are accepted (unless --jinja is set before this flag):
list of built-in templates:
bailing, bailing-think, bailing2, chatglm3, chatglm4, chatml, command-r, deepseek, deepseek2, deepseek3, exaone3, exaone4, falcon3, gemma, gigachat, glmedge, gpt-oss, granite, grok-2, hunyuan-dense, hunyuan-moe, kimi-k2, llama2, llama2-sys, llama2-sys-bos, llama2-sys-strip, llama3, llama4, megrez, minicpm, mistral-v1, mistral-v3, mistral-v3-tekken, mistral-v7, mistral-v7-tekken, monarch, openchat, orion, pangu-embedded, phi3, phi4, rwkv-world, seed_oss, smolvlm, vicuna, vicuna-orca, yandex, zephyr
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE_FILE) | | `--simple-io` | use basic IO for better compatibility in subprocesses and limited consoles | | `--draft, --draft-n, --draft-max N` | number of tokens to draft for speculative decoding (default: 16)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_DRAFT_MAX) | | `--draft-min, --draft-n-min N` | minimum number of draft tokens to use for speculative decoding (default: 0)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_DRAFT_MIN) | | `--draft-p-min P` | minimum speculative decoding probability (greedy) (default: 0.8)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_DRAFT_P_MIN) | | `-cd, --ctx-size-draft N` | size of the prompt context for the draft model (default: 0, 0 = loaded from model)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_CTX_SIZE_DRAFT) | | `-devd, --device-draft ` | comma-separated list of devices to use for offloading the draft model (none = don't offload)
use --list-devices to see a list of available devices | | `-ngld, --gpu-layers-draft, --n-gpu-layers-draft N` | number of layers to store in VRAM for the draft model
(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS_DRAFT) | | `-md, --model-draft FNAME` | draft model for speculative decoding (default: unused)
(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODEL_DRAFT) | | `--spec-replace TARGET DRAFT` | translate the string in TARGET into DRAFT if the draft model and main model are not compatible | | `--gpt-oss-20b-default` | use gpt-oss-20b (note: can download weights from the internet) | | `--gpt-oss-120b-default` | use gpt-oss-120b (note: can download weights from the internet) | | `--vision-gemma-4b-default` | use Gemma 3 4B QAT (note: can download weights from the internet) | | `--vision-gemma-12b-default` | use Gemma 3 12B QAT (note: can download weights from the internet) |