# Use “yolo11l.pt” but shows Downloading 'yolo11n.pt'

**URL:** <https://community.ultralytics.com/t/use-yolo11l-pt-but-shows-downloading-yolo11n-pt/559>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** question, yolo, support\
**Created:** [December 2, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/use-yolo11l-pt-but-shows-downloading-yolo11n-pt/559 "2024-12-02T10:47:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![superhankqiao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.ultralytics.com/superhankqiao/32/446_2.png) [@superhankqiao](https://community.ultralytics.com/u/superhankqiao)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/use-yolo11l-pt-but-shows-downloading-yolo11n-pt/559/1 "2024-12-02T10:47:17Z")

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I use yolo11l.pt, and im sure i download the pt then put it in root dir, when i run the code why still auto download yolov11n.pt

Is this normal?

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**Author:** ![BurhanQ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.ultralytics.com/burhanq/32/7_2.png) [@BurhanQ](https://community.ultralytics.com/u/BurhanQ)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/use-yolo11l-pt-but-shows-downloading-yolo11n-pt/559/2 "2024-12-02T12:20:55Z")

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Yes this is normal when you run training. The training code will download and use the nano model to check for automatic mixed precision (AMP) hardware compatibility. The nano model is used because it’s the quickest to check with and should scale to all model sizes and tasks.