Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M)

Closed weights University of Washington 107.4M parameters November 2019

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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

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Origin

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

Organisation
University of Washington
Organisation type
Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
27 November 2019
Authors
Sachin Mehta, Rik Koncel-Kedziorski, Mohammad Rastegari, Hannaneh Hajishirzi

What it does

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

Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling, Translation

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
107.4M
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 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB
Chips used
4
Power draw
2.0 kW

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
Unreleased

How it is classified

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Record confidence
Confident
Citations
29
Benchmark data
Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M)

Sources

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

Reference
DeFINE: DEep Factorized INput Token Embeddings for Neural Sequence Modeling
Last updated
25 May 2026

What the numbers mean

What this model is

Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) was published by University of Washington, in United States of America, in November 2019. The organisation is categorised as academia.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing language modeling, Translation.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Answers

Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) — common questions

01

What is Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) used for?

Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) works in Language, and is recorded as handling language modeling, Translation. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

02

What GPU do I need to run Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M)?

None. Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) 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.

03

Is Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) open source?

No. Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

04

How many parameters does Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) have?

Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) has 107.4M parameters. 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.

05

Who created Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M)?

Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) was published by University of Washington, based in United States of America, categorised as academia.

06

When was Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) released?

Transformer-XL DeFINE (107M) was published in November 2019. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 25 May 2026

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