Instructions to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with llama-cpp-python:

# !pip install llama-cpp-python

from llama_cpp import Llama

llm = Llama.from_pretrained(
	repo_id="deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF",
	filename="Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2.gguf",
)

llm.create_chat_completion(
	messages = [
		{
			"role": "user",
			"content": [
				{
					"type": "text",
					"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
				},
				{
					"type": "image_url",
					"image_url": {
						"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
					}
				}
			]
		}
	]
)

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps

llama.cpp

How to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with llama.cpp:

Install from brew

brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

Install from WinGet (Windows)

winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

Use pre-built binary

# Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

Build from source code

git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

LM Studio
Jan

vLLM

How to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": [
					{
						"type": "text",
						"text": "Describe this image in one sentence."
					},
					{
						"type": "image_url",
						"image_url": {
							"url": "https://cdn.britannica.com/61/93061-050-99147DCE/Statue-of-Liberty-Island-New-York-Bay.jpg"
						}
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

Ollama
How to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with Ollama:
```
ollama run hf.co/deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF
```

Unsloth Studio new

How to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with Unsloth Studio:

Install Unsloth Studio (macOS, Linux, WSL)

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF to start chatting

Install Unsloth Studio (Windows)

irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
# Run unsloth studio
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
# Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
# Search for deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF to start chatting

Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth

# No setup required
# Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser
# Search for deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF to start chatting

Pi new

How to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with Pi:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama-server -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

Configure the model in Pi

# Install Pi:
npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "llama-cpp": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Hermes Agent new

How to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with Hermes Agent:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama-server -hf deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

Configure Hermes

# Install Hermes:
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
hermes setup
# Point Hermes at the local server:
hermes config set model.provider custom
hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
hermes config set model.default deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

Run Hermes

hermes

Docker Model Runner
How to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF
```

Lemonade

How to use deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF with Lemonade:

Pull the model

# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull deucebucket/Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF

Run and chat with the model

lemonade run user.Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2-GGUF-{{QUANT_TAG}}

List all available models

lemonade list

Gemma 4 E2B — Cerebellum v2 GGUF (3.0 GB)

Ablation-informed mixed-precision quantization of google/gemma-4-e2b-it. 3.0 GB file size, 139.69 perplexity — smaller than stock Q3_K_M (3.06 GB) with 24% lower perplexity.

Three ffn_gate layers identified by per-layer ablation as actively benefiting from Q2_K demotion. Not a blanket crush — surgical precision informed by 35-layer sensitivity sweep.

Benchmarks

Benchmark	Cerebellum v2	Q3_K_M Baseline	Delta
Perplexity (WikiText-2, 2048 ctx)	139.69	184.93	-24.4%
HumanEval pass@1	46.3%	46.3%	0.0%
ARC-Challenge	71.9%	71.9%	0.0%
HellaSwag	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%
MMLU-Redux	47.4%	47.6%	-0.2%

All benchmarks measured directly on this file. Identical benchmark performance at smaller size and significantly lower perplexity.

Why This Works

Standard quantization treats all layers identically. Cerebellum runs a per-layer ablation sweep — testing each layer's ffn_gate individually at Q2_K — and discovers that certain mid-network layers actually produce lower perplexity when crushed harder. This is a regularization effect: the gate tensors at layers 11, 13, and 14 (31-40% depth) carry redundant precision that creates noise at Q3_K_M.

The Regularization Effect

When we tested all 35 layers individually:

Layer	PPL at Q2_K	vs Baseline (184.93)	Effect
blk.11	169.18	-8.5%	Regularization
blk.13	170.71	-7.7%	Regularization
blk.14	172.70	-6.6%	Regularization
blk.12	176.27	-4.7%	Mild benefit
blk.0	169.21	-8.5%	Regularization
blk.30+	200+	+8%+	Damage

Layers 11, 13, 14 form a cluster in the mid-network where gate tensor precision actively hurts. Combining all three gives PPL 139.69 — the effects stack.

v1 vs v2: Proof That Precision Matters

Version	Method	PPL	HumanEval	ARC	HellaSwag	MMLU
Baseline	Stock Q3_K_M	184.93	46.3%	71.9%	50.0%	47.6%
v1	All 35 ffn_gate → Q2_K	139.34	17.7%	64.9%	39.9%	43.6%
v2	3 layers → Q2_K	139.69	46.3%	71.9%	50.0%	47.4%

v1 proved that blanket-crushing all ffn_gate tensors improves PPL but destroys benchmarks — same-layer interaction effects between simultaneously crushed tensors cause cascading damage. v2 proves that surgical, ablation-guided demotion captures the same PPL improvement with zero benchmark loss.

Architecture Family Recipe Transfer

This model validates that Cerebellum recipes transfer within architecture families. On Gemma 4 E4B (42 layers), the sweet spot for ffn_gate demotion is layers 14-17 (33-40% depth). On E2B (35 layers), it's layers 11-14 (31-40% depth). Same proportional position, same effect.

This means ablation results on one model in a family can inform the starting configuration for smaller/larger siblings — reducing the search space from O(layers) to O(1) confirmation.

The Override File

blk.11.ffn_gate.weight=Q2_K
blk.13.ffn_gate.weight=Q2_K
blk.14.ffn_gate.weight=Q2_K

Three lines. That's the entire recipe.

VRAM Requirements

Context	VRAM
2K	~4 GB
8K	~5 GB
16K	~6 GB

Fits on a 4 GB GPU at short context. Ideal for edge deployment.

Usage

# llama.cpp
llama-server \
  --model Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2.gguf \
  --n-gpu-layers 99 \
  --ctx-size 8192

# Ollama
echo 'FROM ./Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2.gguf' > Modelfile
ollama create gemma4-e2b -f Modelfile
ollama run gemma4-e2b

Reproducing This Quant

# 1. Get Q3_K_M baseline (or quantize from BF16)
# 2. Create override file:
echo "blk.11.ffn_gate.weight=Q2_K
blk.13.ffn_gate.weight=Q2_K
blk.14.ffn_gate.weight=Q2_K" > cerebellum_v2_overrides.txt

# 3. Requantize with overrides
llama-quantize \
  --allow-requantize \
  --tensor-type-file cerebellum_v2_overrides.txt \
  google_gemma-4-E2B-it-Q3_K_M.gguf \
  Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2.gguf Q3_K_M

Files

File	Size	Description
`Gemma-4-E2B-it-Cerebellum-v2.gguf`	3.0 GB	The quantized model
`cerebellum_v2_overrides.txt`	87 B	3 tensor type overrides

Model Details

Base model: google/gemma-4-e2b-it
Architecture: Dense transformer with PLE, 35 layers, 608 tensors
Quantization: Q3_K_M base with 3 ffn_gate tensors demoted to Q2_K
Method: Per-layer ablation sweep identifying regularization candidates
Vocabulary: 262,144 tokens (text + vision + audio)
File format: GGUF v3

Test Hardware

Component	Spec
GPU	NVIDIA RTX 3090 (24 GB)
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT
RAM	64 GB DDR4
OS	Fedora Linux 43 (Atomic)

Attribution

Google DeepMind — Gemma 4 base model
llama.cpp — quantization and tensor type override support

License

Gemma License

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Model size

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Architecture

gemma4

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