Qwen3-18B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Q_8
mlx-community/Qwen3-18B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Q_8
Text generation · mlx
8-bit Open on Hugging Face
Parameters
17B
Weights (est.)
≈ 18.4 GB
Mac memory (est.)
24 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/Qwen3-18B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Q_8 --prompt "Hello"
Details
- Base model
- DavidAU/Qwen3-18B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts
- Vendor
- DavidAU
- Task
- Text generation
- Quantisation
- 8-bit
- Licence
- apache-2.0
- Downloads
- 40 in the last 30 days · 514 all time · 1 likes
- Published
- 2025-06-28 · updated 2025-06-28 (1y ago)
- Languages
- en, fr, zh, de
- Tags
- qwen3_moe, creative, creative writing, fiction writing, plot generation, sub-plot generation, story generation, scene continue, storytelling, fiction story, science fiction, romance
Other MLX builds of DavidAU/Qwen3-18B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts
| Build | Quantisation | Weights | Mac memory | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3-18B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Q_6 | 6-bit | ≈ 14.1 GB | 24 GB+ | 65 |
| Qwen3-18B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Q_8 (this one) | 8-bit | ≈ 18.4 GB | 24 GB+ | 40 |