Bielik 11B v2.3 Instruct
An 11B Polish-language instruction model from SpeakLeash and ACK Cyfronet AGH, built as a linear merge of three instruct-tuned Bielik-11B-v2 variants. Uses ChatML prompt format and targets Polish text generation and instruction following. Apache-2.0 licensed, so commercial use is clear.
If you need a production-grade Polish instruction model and you have the VRAM, this is the most credible open option in its weight class. The three-way merge is a reasonable quality hedge, and the Apache-2.0 license removes legal headaches. That said, 4096 context will bite you on anything document-length, and the modest download count means you're closer to early adopter than proven commodity. Recommend for Polish-first workloads; skip if Polish is just one of several target languages.
›Why this rating
Auto-generated rating (Opus 4.7 judge, claude-opus-4-7). Overall 9.25/10. License is explicitly apache-2.0 in the HF card and the row reflects that correctly. Metadata (11B params, Mistral family, speakleash vendor, merge lineage) all match the card. Context length of 4096 is plausible for a Mistral-derived model and not contradicted by the card excerpt, though not explicitly confirmed — minor caution. Description and verdict are concrete, operator-voiced, and honest about the niche (Polish-first) and tradeoffs (context, modest adoption). Use case is sharply scoped to Polish instruction following, which is the model's actual purpose. Note: HF card mentions extra_gated_fields (feedback contact checkbox) — gated:false in the API suggests it's not a true gate, but worth flagging.
Flags: - contextLength 4096 not explicitly confirmed in the README excerpt — inherited assumption from Mistral base; should be double-checked against config.json - HF card declares extra_gated_fields (feedback contact checkbox); benign but worth a one-line note for readers who hit a click-through
Overview
An 11B Polish-language instruction model from SpeakLeash and ACK Cyfronet AGH, built as a linear merge of three instruct-tuned Bielik-11B-v2 variants. Uses ChatML prompt format and targets Polish text generation and instruction following. Apache-2.0 licensed, so commercial use is clear.
Strengths
- Purpose-built for Polish — not a multilingual afterthought
- Merged from three instruct-tuned checkpoints, which typically smooths out single-run quirks
- Apache-2.0: no commercial licensing friction
- ChatML format means straightforward integration with standard inference stacks
Weaknesses
- 4096-token context is tight — long documents will need chunking
- 11B weights demand at least ~8GB VRAM at 4-bit quant; not a small-box model
- Only ~11k HF downloads suggests limited real-world stress testing outside the speakleash community
- Non-Polish prompts will likely underperform compared to a general multilingual model
Quantization variants
Each quantization trades model quality for file size and VRAM. Q4_K_M is the most popular starting point.
| Quantization | File size | VRAM required |
|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 6.1 GB | 8 GB |
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Original weights
Source repository — direct quantization required.
Hardware that runs this
Cards with enough VRAM for at least one quantization of Bielik 11B v2.3 Instruct.
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Source: huggingface.co/speakleash/Bielik-11B-v2.3-Instruct
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