Sarvam-M
sarvam-m is a multilingual, hybrid-reasoning, text-only language model built on Mistral-Small. This post-trained version delivers exceptional improvements over the base model:
- +20% average improvement on Indian language benchmarks
- +21.6% enhancement on math benchmarks
- +17.6% boost on programming benchmarks
Performance gains are even more impressive at the intersection of Indian languages and mathematics, with an outstanding +86% improvement in romanized Indian language GSM-8K benchmarks.
Learn more about sarvam-m in our detailed blog post.
Key Features
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Hybrid Thinking Mode: A single versatile model supporting both "think" and "non-think" modes. Use the think mode for complex logical reasoning, mathematical problems, and coding tasks, or switch to non-think mode for efficient, general-purpose conversation.
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Advanced Indic Skills: Specifically post-trained on Indian languages alongside English, embodying a character that authentically reflects and emphasizes Indian cultural values.
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Superior Reasoning Capabilities: Outperforms most similarly-sized models on coding and math benchmarks, demonstrating exceptional reasoning abilities.
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Seamless Chatting Experience: Full support for both Indic scripts and romanized versions of Indian languages, providing a smooth and accessible multilingual conversation experience.
Quickstart
The following code snippet demonstrates how to use sarvam-m using Transformers.
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
model_name = "sarvamai/sarvam-m"
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
model_name, torch_dtype="auto", device_map="auto"
)
prompt = "Who are you and what is your purpose on this planet?"
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
text = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
messages,
tokenize=False,
enable_thinking=True,
)
model_inputs = tokenizer([text], return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)
generated_ids = model.generate(**model_inputs, max_new_tokens=8192)
output_ids = generated_ids[0][len(model_inputs.input_ids[0]) :].tolist()
output_text = tokenizer.decode(output_ids)
if "</think>" in output_text:
reasoning_content = output_text.split("</think>")[0].rstrip("\n")
content = output_text.split("</think>")[-1].lstrip("\n").rstrip("</s>")
else:
reasoning_content = ""
content = output_text.rstrip("</s>")
print("reasoning content:", reasoning_content)
print("content:", content)
[!NOTE]
For thinking mode, we recommend temperature=0.5; for no-think mode, temperature=0.2.
With Sarvam APIs
from openai import OpenAI
base_url = "https://api.sarvam.ai/v1"
model_name = "sarvam-m"
api_key = "Your-API-Key"
client = OpenAI(
base_url=base_url,
api_key=api_key,
).with_options(max_retries=1)
messages = [
{"role": "system", "content": "You're a helpful AI assistant"},
{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"},
]
response1 = client.chat.completions.create(
model=model_name,
messages=messages,
reasoning_effort="medium",
max_completion_tokens=4096,
)
print("First response:", response1.choices[0].message.content)
messages.extend(
[
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": response1.choices[0].message.content,
},
{"role": "user", "content": "Can you give an analogy for superposition?"},
]
)
response2 = client.chat.completions.create(
model=model_name,
messages=messages,
reasoning_effort="medium",
max_completion_tokens=8192,
)
print("Follow-up response:", response2.choices[0].message.content)
Refer to API docs here: sarvam Chat Completions API docs
reasoning_effort can take three possible values: low, medium, and high to be consistent with the OpenAI API spec. Setting any of the three values just enables the thinking mode of sarvam-m.
VLLM Deployment
For easy deployment, we can use vllm>=0.8.5 and create an OpenAI-compatible API endpoint with vllm serve sarvamai/sarvam-m.
If you want to use vLLM with python, you can do the following.
from openai import OpenAI
openai_api_key = "EMPTY"
openai_api_base = "http://localhost:8000/v1"
client = OpenAI(
api_key=openai_api_key,
base_url=openai_api_base,
)
models = client.models.list()
model = models.data[0].id
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "Why is 42 the best number?"}]
response = client.chat.completions.create(model=model, messages=messages)
output_text = response.choices[0].message.content
if "</think>" in output_text:
reasoning_content = output_text.split("</think>")[0].rstrip("\n")
content = output_text.split("</think>")[-1].lstrip("\n")
else:
reasoning_content = ""
content = output_text
print("reasoning content:", reasoning_content)
print("content:", content)
messages.append(
{"role": "assistant", "content": output_text}
)