Arabic LLM - SILMA
SILMA.AI offers compact yet powerful Arabic LLMs—based on Google Gemma—deliver top-tier performance on Arabic tasks, outperforming larger models. Enjoy cost-effective, high-speed AI with the option for secure local hosting tailored to your business needs.
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Powerful Arabic AI, Built for Business
General Purpose LLMs
SILMA 9B is an exceptional Arabic language model with its exceptional performance. Despite its compact size of 9 billion parameters, it outperforms bigger models in terms of effectiveness and efficiency
RAG-optimized LLMs
Kashif 2B Instruct v1.0 is an advanced open-weight model designed for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) tasks, excelling in answering questions based on context in Arabic and English. Kashif delivers top-tier performance within the 3-9 billion parameter range, as validated by the SILMA RAGQA Benchmark. The model supports up to 12k context length
SILMA Embedding
SILMA Matryoshka is a highly efficient and lightweight Arabic Embedding Models featuring innovative Matryoshka-based models
What makes our models special?
Open Weight
SILMA is an open-weight model, freely available under our open license
Based on Google Gemma
SILMA is powered by the robust foundation of Google Gemma models, combining their strengths to deliver exceptional performance and reliability in Arabic
Strong Performance
SILMA is a compact language model that outperforms bigger models on many Arabic language tasks, making it a more practical choice for real-world business applications
SILMA 9B ranked at the top of Arabic benchmarks until February 2025
Want to compare with other Arabic LLMs?
Visit our Arabic LLM comparison page which includes a list of all popular LLMs supporting the Arabic language or check our Arabic LLM benchmark