DPO on Pythia-2.8B

Closed weights Stanford University,CZ Biohub Network 2.8B parameters May 2023

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,CZ Biohub Network
Organisation type
Academia,Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
29 May 2023
Authors
Rafael Rafailov, Archit Sharma, Eric Mitchell, Stefano Ermon, Christopher D. Manning, Chelsea Finn

What it does

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

Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling/generation, Question answering
Base model
Pythia-2.8b

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.

Parameters
2.8B

same as base model

Training data
tokens

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Unreleased
Training code
Open source

"DPO is relatively straightforward to implement; PyTorch code for the DPO loss is provided [in the paper]"

How it is classified

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

Why it is tracked
Historical significance

the paper introduced DPO

Record confidence
Confident

Sources

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

Reference
Direct Preference Optimization: Your Language Model is Secretly a Reward Model
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

About this model

DPO on Pythia-2.8B was published by Stanford University,CZ Biohub Network, in United States of America, in May 2023. It comes out of academia,Academia.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing language modeling/generation, Question answering.

Its starting point was Pythia-2.8b — most models at this scale are adapted from an existing base rather than built from nothing.

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

How it was trained

Its inclusion criterion is historical significance.

Answers

DPO on Pythia-2.8B — common questions

01

How many parameters does DPO on Pythia-2.8B have?

DPO on Pythia-2.8B has 2.8B parameters. same as base model. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

02

Who created DPO on Pythia-2.8B?

DPO on Pythia-2.8B was published by Stanford University,CZ Biohub Network, based in United States of America, categorised as academia,Academia.

03

When was DPO on Pythia-2.8B released?

DPO on Pythia-2.8B was published in May 2023. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

What is DPO on Pythia-2.8B used for?

DPO on Pythia-2.8B works in Language, and is recorded as handling language modeling/generation, Question answering. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

05

What GPU do I need to run DPO on Pythia-2.8B?

None. DPO on Pythia-2.8B 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.

06

Is DPO on Pythia-2.8B open source?

No. DPO on Pythia-2.8B has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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