Llama3.1-8B-mlx-8Bit

Llama3.1-8B-mlx-8Bit

Built with Llama. 8-bit MLX conversion of Meta's Llama 3.1 8B base model for Apple silicon. 8.5 GB across 2 shards, converted with mlx-lm 0.26.4 from cyboghostginx/Llama3.1-8B. Weights only, no fine-tuning.

This is the base model, not Instruct. It ships no chat template, so it completes text rather than answering turns. For chat, quantize an Instruct checkpoint instead.

pip install mlx-lm
mlx_lm.generate --model cyboghostginx/Llama3.1-8B-mlx-8Bit \
                --prompt "The three laws of robotics are" --max-tokens 256

from mlx_lm import load, generate

model, tokenizer = load("cyboghostginx/Llama3.1-8B-mlx-8Bit")
print(generate(model, tokenizer, prompt="The three laws of robotics are", verbose=True))

Smaller: 4-bit MLX, 4.5 GB.

License

Llama 3.1 is licensed under the Llama 3.1 Community License, Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The full agreement is reproduced in the gate above.