Quiet-STaR

Closed weights Stanford University March 2024

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Stanford University
Organisation type
Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
14 March 2024
Authors
Eric Zelikman, Georges Harik, Yijia Shao, Varuna Jayasiri, Nick Haber, Noah D. Goodman

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Language

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

The training run

What it physically took to train: which chips, how many, for how long, and what that drew from the wall.

Training hardware
NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB
Chips used
8
Power draw
11.1 kW

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Unknown

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Quiet-STaR: Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Think Before Speaking
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

About this model

Quiet-STaR was published by Stanford University, in United States of America, in March 2024. It comes out of academia.

It works in Language.

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

Answers

Quiet-STaR — common questions

01

What GPU do I need to run Quiet-STaR?

None. Quiet-STaR is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

02

Is Quiet-STaR open source?

The licensing for Quiet-STaR was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

03

How many parameters does Quiet-STaR have?

No parameter count has been published for Quiet-STaR, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

04

Who created Quiet-STaR?

Quiet-STaR was published by Stanford University, based in United States of America, categorised as academia.

05

When was Quiet-STaR released?

Quiet-STaR was published in March 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

06

What is Quiet-STaR used for?

Quiet-STaR works in Language. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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