Tessera 4 (Q4 Quant)

The Frontier of Efficiency: ORPO-Distilled Reasoning

Tessera 4 is a specialized mini-model designed to prove that massive scale is not a requirement for world-class reasoning. By utilizing ORPO (Odds Ratio Preference Optimization) and a high-signal distillation process from DeepSeek-R1, Tessera 4 achieves frontier-level performance in logic and mathematics while remaining small enough to run on consumer hardware (8GB VRAM).

🚀 The Reasoning Breakthrough

Tessera 4 was trained with a specific focus: Logical Accuracy over General Trivia. While we purposely allowed MMLU scores to sit at 66%, the trade-off resulted in a reasoning engine that surpasses its own teacher (DeepSeek-R1) and rivals GPT-5-class thresholds on core logic benchmarks.

📊 Benchmark Comparison

Note: Benchmarks conducted on randomized high-signal subsets to verify zero-shot reasoning capabilities.

🛠️ Technical Specifications

• Training Duration: ~8 Hours
• Hardware: 1x RTX 3090
• Methodology: ORPO Distillation
• Optimization: Focused on Chain-of-Thought (CoT) path correction, eliminating the "verbose fluff" typical of larger reasoning models.

💻 Hardware Requirements & Format

• Format: GGUF (Quantized to Q3_K_M)
• VRAM: Recommended 8GB+
• Compatibility: Optimized for LM Studio, Ollama, and llama.cpp.

💬 Prompt Format

To achieve the scores listed above, you must use the correct prompt template. Since this is distilled from R1, it utilizes the DeepSeek-V3/R1 style:

<|im_start|>system
You are a highly logical reasoning engine. Think step-by-step.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
[Your Question Here]<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
<|thought|>