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Reka Flash 3 (21B)

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Reka Flash 3 (21B) is an open-weights language model from Reka AI, released March 2025. Its published size is 20.91B parameters. Licence: apache-2.0.

Catalogue identity notes

RekaAI/reka-flash-3 @8d251ec (created 2025-03-11, licence apache-2.0). Reka AI 21B reasoning model released with open weights (Mar 2025). Independent rows: EuroEval English (both datasets).

Model information sources

Release date ↗ · Weights licence ↗

HF safetensors metadata 20,905,482,240 parameters.

52.4±5.9#389 of 949 LLMsfrom 2 benchmark results across 1 source* thinly tested, treat the rank as provisional

$ how it compares

The LLMs ranked either side of Reka Flash 3 (21B), out of 1132 with a score, then more from Reka AI.

#modelscorewhereRAMreleased
503EuroLLM 22B Instruct (2512) UTTER (EuroLLM)53±6local~15GB2025-12
504Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Meta52±1api $0.72/M +local~27GB2024-07
505Reka Flash 3 (21B) Reka AI52±6local~14GB2025-03
506Yi-Large Preview 01.AI52±1comparison only2024-05
507Reka Core (2024-09-04) Reka AI52±3comparison only2024-09
more from Reka AI
523Reka Flash 3.1 (21B) Reka AI52±6local~14GB2025-05
554Reka Flash (2024-09-04) Reka AI51±3comparison only2024-09
632Reka Core (2024-05-01) Reka AI48±1comparison only2024-05

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$ what it's good at

other tests2 not in a task · 84% of its score
testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
EuroEval HellaSwag (English), test split, 5-shot generative MC, accuracy68.9% ✎▃·▁▁▂▁▂▅█▇▄▁ beats 47/100medium · avg 68%▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 53%at its level · noisy
EuroEval Life in the UK (English knowledge MC), test split, 5-shot, accuracy89.9% ✎▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▄█▄▃ beats 117/146easy · avg 83%▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 32%noisy

$ where to run it

llama.cpp · recommended

  1. Install llama.cpp · Homebrew and winget installs name the commands llama-cli and llama-server instead.
    macOS / Linux
    curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
    Windows
    irm https://llama.app/install.ps1 | iex

    other ways to install ↗

  2. Run Reka Flash 3 (21B) · needs ~13.61 GB · from huggingface.co/bartowski
    chat in the terminal
    llama cli -hf bartowski/RekaAI_reka-flash-3-GGUF:Q4_K_M
  3. Or start a local server and open the address it prints (http://localhost:9931)
    llama serve -hf bartowski/RekaAI_reka-flash-3-GGUF:Q4_K_M

LM Studio

version

  1. Install LM Studio · Open the app once before using the lms command.

    download it (macOS / Windows / Linux) ↗

  2. Run Reka Flash 3 (21B) · needs ~13.61 GB · from huggingface.co/bartowski

    open in LM Studio ↗

  3. Or download it in the terminal
    lms get https://huggingface.co/bartowski/RekaAI_reka-flash-3-GGUF@Q4_K_M -y
  4. Then run lms ls to see its name, and lms chat followed by that name

Ollama

  1. Install Ollama

    download it (macOS / Windows) ↗

    Linux
    curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
  2. Run Reka Flash 3 (21B) · needs ~13.61 GB · from huggingface.co/bartowski
    chat in the terminal
    ollama run hf.co/bartowski/RekaAI_reka-flash-3-GGUF:Q4_K_M

MLX (Mac)

  1. Install MLX (Mac) · Apple silicon Macs only, text only.
    with uv
    uv tool install mlx-lm
    or
    pip install mlx-lm
  2. Run Reka Flash 3 (21B) · needs ~11.8 GB, Mac only · from huggingface.co/mlx-community
    chat in the terminal
    mlx_lm.chat --model mlx-community/reka-flash-3-4bit
  3. Or start an OpenAI-compatible server at http://localhost:8080/v1
    mlx_lm.server --model mlx-community/reka-flash-3-4bit

Official weights and documentation: huggingface.co/RekaAI ↗

$ how the score was worked out · EuroEval leaderboards (result… 84%

Each result implies a score on its own, after adjusting for how hard its test is and who ran it. The score is their weighted average, with a small pull toward the middle for thinly tested models. Each test's weight is its counts column above; here it's added up by who ran the tests. How it works

sourceresultsshare of the scorelicence
EuroEval leaderboards (results collection), English generative leaderboard2▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 84%MIT
prior · pull toward the middle▇▇▇▇▇ 16%
weighted average= 52.4

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