Chat model by davidau · 8.34B parameters
Everything this chip runs, machine by machine: MacBook Pro 14" M5 Pro, MacBook Pro 16" M5 Pro
LFM2 8B A1B Instruct Quantum IQ1C Qwen3.6 35B A3B DISTILL2 fits comfortably in your 24 GB Mac using Q8_0 quantization, using 41% of your RAM.
— tok/s
Q8_0 · 9.8 GB · Benchmark needed
| Quantization | Memory | Speed | Fits? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q8_0 Recommended | 9.8 GB | ~114 tok/s | ✓ |
| Q6_K | 7.7 GB | ~150 tok/s | ✓ |
| Q5_K_M | 6.7 GB | ~176 tok/s | ✓ |
| Q4_K_M | 5.9 GB | ~207 tok/s | ✓ |
| Q3_K_M | 5.0 GB | ~250 tok/s | ✓ |
| Q2_K | 4.1 GB | ~324 tok/s | ✓ |
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