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LFM2-1.2B-8bit

mlx-community/LFM2-1.2B-8bit
8-bit Open on Hugging Face
Parameters
1.2B
Weights (est.)
≈ 1.2 GB
Mac memory (est.)
8 GB+

Size is estimated from the parameter count and quantisation. Memory allows a fifth extra for context plus 2 GB for the system; long contexts need more.

Run it

With mlx-lm on an Apple silicon Mac:

pip install mlx-lmmlx_lm.generate --model mlx-community/LFM2-1.2B-8bit --prompt "Hello"

Details

Base model
LiquidAI/LFM2-1.2B (quantized)
Vendor
LiquidAI
Task
Text generation
Quantisation
8-bit
Licence
lfm1.0
Downloads
56 in the last 30 days · 2.0K all time · 2 likes
Published
2025-07-12 · updated 2025-07-12 (1y ago)
Languages
en, ar, zh, fr, de, ja, ko, es
Tags
lfm2, liquid, edge

Other MLX builds of LiquidAI/LFM2-1.2B

Build Quantisation Weights Mac memory Downloads
LFM2-1.2B-4bit 4-bit ≈ 659 MB 8 GB+ 520
LFM2-1.2B-5bit 5-bit ≈ 805 MB 8 GB+ 29
LFM2-1.2B-6bit 6-bit ≈ 951 MB 8 GB+ 34
LFM2.5-Audio-1.5B-4bit 4-bit ≈ 1.1 GB 8 GB+ 298
LFM2-1.2B-8bit (this one) 8-bit ≈ 1.2 GB 8 GB+ 56
LFM2.5-Audio-1.5B-5bit 5-bit ≈ 1.2 GB 8 GB+ 19
LFM2.5-Audio-1.5B-6bit 6-bit ≈ 1.4 GB 8 GB+ 45
LFM2.5-Audio-1.5B-8bit 8-bit ≈ 1.7 GB 8 GB+ 64
LFM2-1.2B-bf16 bf16 ≈ 2.3 GB 8 GB+ 35
LFM2.5-Audio-1.5B-bf16 bf16 ≈ 2.9 GB 8 GB+ 94