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MiniCPM5-1B-8bit

mlx-community/MiniCPM5-1B-8bit
8-bit Open on Hugging Face
Parameters
1.1B
Weights (est.)
≈ 1.1 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/MiniCPM5-1B-8bit --prompt "Hello"

Details

Base model
openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B (quantized)
Vendor
openbmb
Task
Text generation
Quantisation
8-bit
Licence
apache-2.0
Downloads
161 in the last 30 days · 5.5K all time · 3 likes
Published
2026-05-26 · updated 2026-05-26 (5mo ago)
Languages
en, zh
Tags
llama, minicpm, minicpm5, long-context, tool-calling, on-device, edge-ai

Other MLX builds of openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B

Build Quantisation Weights Mac memory Downloads
MiniCPM5-1B-OptiQ-4bit 4-bit ≈ 608 MB 8 GB+ 1.5K
MiniCPM5-1B-4bit 4-bit ≈ 608 MB 8 GB+ 198
MiniCPM5-1B-mlx-6Bit 6-bit ≈ 878 MB 8 GB+ 1.4K
MiniCPM5-1B-8bit (this one) 8-bit ≈ 1.1 GB 8 GB+ 161