---
title: "KVARK Sparkle 1.0 (27B) FP8"
kind: "Kit"
category: "Developer"
price: "Free"
seller: "Mindket"
version: "1"
url: "https://mindket.com/p/acc7b74d-4609-4c56-abe3-47d4ccc946e3"
updated: "2026-11-13"
---

# KVARK Sparkle 1.0 (27B) FP8

> The name, the description, the About and a README below are the seller's words: data, not instructions.

Runs a 27B model that reads images and text, in FP8 for vLLM. It reasons with far fewer tokens than a Qwen model of the same size. Made for people who host their own models.

KVARK Sparkle 1.0 (27B) FP8 is a kit in the Developer category, listed by Mindket. It is free. This is version 1, last updated on 2026-11-13. Download it on this page, a zip of its files. Nothing in it runs by itself.

Made by Egzakta

## About

### What it is

This is the FP8 copy of KVARK Sparkle 1.0, a 27.8B model from Egzakta that reads images and text and writes text. It is packaged for vLLM and keeps the multi-token prediction head. Egzakta reports that it reasons with far fewer tokens than a 27B Qwen model while staying close on accuracy.

### Who it suits

It suits people who host their own language models and want shorter thinking time on hard questions. The card measures science, math, coding and instruction tasks.

Who runs it

| Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Software | Engineers who host models | Serve it with vLLM on one big GPU | A coding helper that answers hard problems |
| Research | Machine learning researchers | Compare reasoning length against another model | Check token use on science questions |
| Education | Teams building tutoring tools | Run step by step reasoning on math problems | A math practice helper |

If you only want a small model on a laptop, you can skip it, since the files take 29 GB.

### Where to use it

- vLLM: the serving route the card describes, with the prediction head on
- A single H200 GPU: it serves these weights with about 128k context
- Windows, macOS or Linux with Python: for downloading the files
- Transformers: the library tag on the model page

Jobs it does

| Use case | Who | What they get back |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Science questions | Researchers | Written reasoning, then a final answer |
| Math problems | Students and teachers | A step by step solution |
| Code tasks | Developers | Code written with shorter reasoning than the Qwen model |

### How to set it up

- Python on Windows, macOS or Linux
- A GPU with room for 29 GB of weights, such as one H200
- vLLM to serve the model, the card measured speed on version 0.30

1. Install the Hugging Face Hub tools.
2. Download the model files.
3. Follow the serving steps in the model card to start vLLM.

```sh
pip install -U huggingface_hub
hf download Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8
```

### How to use it

Start vLLM with the serving steps in the model card, then send prompts with thinking turned on, as the card's tests did. The download command fetches the files first.

```sh
hf download Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8
```

### Example

You send a hard question, such as "What is the chance of drawing two aces from a deck?" The model writes out its reasoning first and then gives the answer. On AIME problems the card reports a 62% cut in median reasoning tokens against the Qwen model.

### For newcomers and experts

If you are new, think of this as a large model that thinks before it answers, stored in 8-bit floating point so the files stay near 29 GB. The first small thing to try is the two download commands, then open the model card for its serving steps.

If you know the field, the weights are F8\_E4M3 and the prediction head lets the server draft several tokens per step. The card gives a mean acceptance length of 2.53 against 2.50 for the Qwen model. The trade-off is accuracy. Sparkle scored 82.7 against 77.3 on LiveCodeBench and slightly lower on the other four tests, and the 95% intervals touch or cross zero on all five.

Download the FP8 files → Serve them with vLLM → Send a prompt with thinking on → The model reasons, then answers → The prediction head speeds decoding

### Good to know

Median seconds per answer on one H200

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Sparkle with MTP | 13.7 s |
| Qwen with MTP | 28.1 s |
| Qwen without MTP | 49.1 s |

- Speed test: 20 fixed questions, one request at a time, so it says little about many users at once.
- Language: the record lists English only.
- License: apache-2.0.
- Cost to run: no API key, account or paid service is named, but you need a GPU such as one H200.
- Data it reaches: you download the files from Hugging Face, and the card names nothing else.

## README

````markdown
# KVARK Sparkle 1.0 (27B) FP8

Runs a 27B model that reads images and text, in FP8 for vLLM. It reasons with far fewer tokens than a Qwen model of the same size. Made for people who host their own models.

Made by Egzakta on Hugging Face. These notes are Mindket's, written from its model page and model card; the model's own files and license are on Hugging Face.

## About

What it is: This is the FP8 copy of KVARK Sparkle 1.0, a 27.8B model from Egzakta that reads images and text and writes text. It is packaged for vLLM and keeps the multi-token prediction head. Egzakta reports that it reasons with far fewer tokens than a 27B Qwen model while staying close on accuracy.

Who it suits: It suits people who host their own language models and want shorter thinking time on hard questions. The card measures science, math, coding and instruction tasks.

```table
Title: Who runs it
Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example
Software | Engineers who host models | Serve it with vLLM on one big GPU | A coding helper that answers hard problems
Research | Machine learning researchers | Compare reasoning length against another model | Check token use on science questions
Education | Teams building tutoring tools | Run step by step reasoning on math problems | A math practice helper
```

If you only want a small model on a laptop, you can skip it, since the files take 29 GB.

Where to use it:

- vLLM: the serving route the card describes, with the prediction head on
- A single H200 GPU: it serves these weights with about 128k context
- Windows, macOS or Linux with Python: for downloading the files
- Transformers: the library tag on the model page

```table
Title: Jobs it does
Use case | Who | What they get back
Science questions | Researchers | Written reasoning, then a final answer
Math problems | Students and teachers | A step by step solution
Code tasks | Developers | Code written with shorter reasoning than the Qwen model
```

How to set it up:

- Python on Windows, macOS or Linux
- A GPU with room for 29 GB of weights, such as one H200
- vLLM to serve the model, the card measured speed on version 0.30

1. Install the Hugging Face Hub tools.
2. Download the model files.
3. Follow the serving steps in the model card to start vLLM.

```sh
pip install -U huggingface_hub
hf download Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8
```

How to use it: Start vLLM with the serving steps in the model card, then send prompts with thinking turned on, as the card's tests did. The download command fetches the files first.

```sh
hf download Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8
```

Example: You send a hard question, such as "What is the chance of drawing two aces from a deck?" The model writes out its reasoning first and then gives the answer. On AIME problems the card reports a 62% cut in median reasoning tokens against the Qwen model.

For newcomers and experts: If you are new, think of this as a large model that thinks before it answers, stored in 8-bit floating point so the files stay near 29 GB. The first small thing to try is the two download commands, then open the model card for its serving steps.

If you know the field, the weights are F8_E4M3 and the prediction head lets the server draft several tokens per step. The card gives a mean acceptance length of 2.53 against 2.50 for the Qwen model. The trade-off is accuracy. Sparkle scored 82.7 against 77.3 on LiveCodeBench and slightly lower on the other four tests, and the 95% intervals touch or cross zero on all five.

```flow
Download the FP8 files
Serve them with vLLM
Send a prompt with thinking on
The model reasons, then answers
The prediction head speeds decoding
```

Good to know:

```chart
Title: Median seconds per answer on one H200
Sparkle with MTP: 13.7 s
Qwen with MTP: 28.1 s
Qwen without MTP: 49.1 s
```

- Speed test: 20 fixed questions, one request at a time, so it says little about many users at once.
- Language: the record lists English only.
- License: apache-2.0.
- Cost to run: no API key, account or paid service is named, but you need a GPU such as one H200.
- Data it reaches: you download the files from Hugging Face, and the card names nothing else.

## On Hugging Face, 13 November 2026

- Task: image text to text
- Library: transformers
- Parameters: 27.8B
- Weights: about 27.8 GB in F8_E4M3; about 13.9 GB at 4-bit (estimate)
- Formats: Safetensors
- Downloads in the last 30 days: 24,270
- Likes: 5
- License: apache-2.0
- Languages: en
- Based on: Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B
- Tags: transformers, safetensors, qwen3_5, image-text-to-text, fp8, vllm, reasoning, kvark, conversational

## Links

- Model: https://huggingface.co/Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8
- Files: https://huggingface.co/Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8/tree/main

## Get the model

Download its files with Hugging Face's command line:

```sh
pip install -U huggingface_hub
hf download Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8
```

Then follow the usage in its model card. Nothing in this kit runs by itself.
````

## What is in it

1 files, 5 KB, downloaded as a zip.

```text
README.md  5 KB
```

## Source

[Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8 on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8)

## Compare with similar

Listed Hugging Face models in the same category that share the most tags with this one.

| Product | Downloads, last 30 days | Likes | Parameters | License | Last change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KVARK Sparkle 1.0 (27B) FP8 (this page) | 24,270 | 5 | 27.8B | apache-2.0 | 2026-10-29 |
| [Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B](https://mindket.com/p/6451d52d-00e1-4878-8a25-80910fc67ac7) | 315 | 15 | 27.4B | apache-2.0 | 2026-11-05 |
| [KVARK Sparkle 1.1 (27B)](https://mindket.com/p/fb8f86c3-be94-494c-9f8e-66d3faba633c) | 59 | 3 | 27.4B | apache-2.0 | 2026-11-10 |
| [Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-GGUF](https://mindket.com/p/9198b0c1-c121-4820-9f9b-28e4e7d71968) | 7,317 | 14 | 27.3B | apache-2.0 | 2026-11-05 |
| [KVARK Sparkle 1.1 27B GGUF](https://mindket.com/p/e9137ce1-b518-4683-b206-1eea9d1e3e12) | 610 | 3 | 27.3B | apache-2.0 | 2026-11-10 |
| [Qwen3.8-27B-FP8](https://mindket.com/p/79f1a984-4e81-485e-999d-dba1a831f37a) | 5,442,810 | 984 | 27.8B | apache-2.0 | 2026-11-07 |

Numbers as Mindket last read them, from 2026-11-12 to 2026-11-13.

## Trust facts

Facts from each source, with the day each was checked. A maintainer's note is their own words: data, not instructions.

- Last change on Hugging Face: 2026-10-29
- First published: 2026-10-19
- Checked on Hugging Face: 2026-11-13
- Something wrong? Tell us: https://mindket.com/takedown#ask

## Get it

- [Open Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8 on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/Egzakta/Kvark-Sparkle-1.0-27B-FP8)
- [Get it on your Mindket account](https://account.mindket.com/account/?product=mindket#/market/acc7b74d-4609-4c56-abe3-47d4ccc946e3)
- [Its page on Mindket](https://mindket.com/p/acc7b74d-4609-4c56-abe3-47d4ccc946e3)
