🧬 Model Distillation

Transfer knowledge from our largest models to create smaller, faster versions optimized for your specific tasks and production requirements.

What is Distillation?

Model distillation trains a smaller "student" model to mimic the behavior of a larger "teacher" model. The result is a compact model that retains much of the capability at a fraction of the cost and latency.

Teacher → Student Knowledge Transfer

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Teacher Model
Mythic-4 Ultra
175B parameters
→
Distillation
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Student Model
Custom Distilled
7B parameters

Key Benefits

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Speed
10x
Faster inference
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Cost
90%
Lower per-token cost
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Quality
95%
Of teacher performance
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Size
25x
Smaller footprint

How It Works

1

Generate Training Data

Use the teacher model to generate high-quality responses for your task-specific dataset.

2

Train Student Model

Fine-tune a smaller base model on the teacher's outputs, learning its reasoning patterns.

3

Deploy & Iterate

Deploy the distilled model and continuously improve with production feedback.

Code Example

Python - Create Distillation Job
from mythicdot import MythicDot client = MythicDot() # Step 1: Generate training data from teacher training_examples = [] for prompt in my_prompts: response = client.messages.create( model="mythic-4-ultra", # Teacher model max_tokens=1024, messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}] ) training_examples.append({ "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": prompt}, {"role": "assistant", "content": response.content[0].text} ] }) # Step 2: Create distillation job job = client.distillation.jobs.create( teacher_model="mythic-4-ultra", student_base="mythic-3-mini", # Smaller base training_data=training_examples, suffix="my-distilled-model" ) print(f"Distillation job: {job.id}") # Step 3: Use distilled model response = client.messages.create( model="mythic-3-mini:distilled:my-distilled-model", max_tokens=256, messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "..."}] )

Best Use Cases

📱 Mobile & Edge

Run AI on devices with limited compute. Distilled models work great on mobile apps and IoT devices.

💬 High-Volume Chat

Handle millions of customer conversations cost-effectively with distilled support models.

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Meet strict latency requirements for gaming, trading, or interactive applications.

🔄 Batch Processing

Process large datasets economically with distilled models at scale.

Start Distilling

Create production-ready models optimized for your use case.

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