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mallam-5b-20k-instructions-v2-8bit

mlx-community/mallam-5b-20k-instructions-v2-8bit
8-bit Open on Hugging Face
Parameters
5.0B
Weights (est.)
≈ 5.3 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/mallam-5b-20k-instructions-v2-8bit --prompt "Hello"

Details

Base model
mesolitica/mallam-5b-20k-instructions-v2 (quantized)
Vendor
mesolitica
Task
Text generation
Quantisation
8-bit
Licence
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Downloads
22 in the last 30 days · 94 all time · 0 likes
Published
2026-06-04 · updated 2026-06-04 (5mo ago)
Languages
ms
Tags
mistral

Other MLX builds of mesolitica/mallam-5b-20k-instructions-v2

Build Quantisation Weights Mac memory Downloads
mallam-5b-20k-instructions-v2-mxfp4 MXFP4 ≈ 2.8 GB 8 GB+ 30
mallam-5b-20k-instructions-v2-8bit (this one) 8-bit ≈ 5.3 GB 8 GB+ 22