Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-4bit

by mlx-community

Task
Text generation
Category
Language
License
Llama 3.1 license
Commercial use
Yes, with conditions
The publisher's own model license: commercial use is allowed under its terms, which include limits; read them before shipping.
Size
About 8 billion parameters
Memory to load
~5 GB (estimate)
Format
MLX
Runs on
CPU
Access
Open download
Downloads (last 30 days)
930.1K
Likes
11
Last updated
February 15, 2025

How to run it

This is an MLX build for Apple silicon Macs; run it with Apple's MLX framework (mlx-lm for language models).

Plan for roughly 5 GB of memory to load it (our estimate from its size and format).

The model card on Hugging Face has the exact usage code.

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