# Model architecture

Record: term-model-architecture · Type: term · Edition: 0.20.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/glossary/93`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Publication dates and source age

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## /summary

The arrangement of a model’s parts and the calculations that connect them.

Claim: claim-term-model-architecture-1a5192ba3d7825ca26b24a72. Annotation: synthesis.

[hf-models](https://huggingface.co/learn/llm-course/en/chapter2/3)

## /definition

An architecture specifies the structure, such as the number and kind of layers. A checkpoint supplies learned weights for that structure. Two models can share an architecture but have different weights.

Claim: claim-term-model-architecture-1e4c26398ee834b2e16dc7b8. Annotation: synthesis.

[hf-models](https://huggingface.co/learn/llm-course/en/chapter2/3)

## /placement

Check whether a comparison concerns the structure, the trained weights or the surrounding application.

Claim: claim-term-model-architecture-25f52a21ad9f2e54a62ed1b2. Annotation: editorial.

[hf-models](https://huggingface.co/learn/llm-course/en/chapter2/3)

## /distinction

An architecture diagram does not specify all learned values. Rebuilding the structure alone does not reproduce a trained model.

Claim: claim-term-model-architecture-09422ce4d5c74cb753a9bb98. Annotation: synthesis.

[hf-models](https://huggingface.co/learn/llm-course/en/chapter2/3)

## Source provenance

### hf-models

[Models](https://huggingface.co/learn/llm-course/en/chapter2/3)

Hugging Face LLM Course · First-hand source (primary) · Published: undated · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read architecture, weights, checkpoints, loading and saving. Used to distinguish a model's structure and learned values from the application around it. Example code was read, not executed; live page publication date unspecified.

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