NousResearch · First MLX build 27 Aug 2025

Hermes-4-405B

MLX Text llama3

A 406B parameter text generation model from NousResearch, with one MLX build at 4-bit.

Hugging Face
Parameters
406B
From Hugging Face
Quantisation
4-bit
Hermes-4-405B-4bit
Memory needed
258 GB
Estimate, unified memory
Download
228 GB
Weights, estimated
Downloads
50
This build, last 30 days
Task
Text generation
Text
MLX builds
1
On mlx-community
Devices
Mac
Apple silicon

Memory

Estimated from the size of the weights, plus a fifth for context and working memory and 2 GB for macOS and your apps. Long contexts need more.

Run it

Terminal · mlx-lm
$ pip install -U mlx-lm
$ mlx_lm.generate --model mlx-community/Hermes-4-405B-4bit --prompt "Hello"

MLX builds

1 on mlx-community
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Hermes-4-405B-4bit 4-bit 228 GB 258 GB 50

Sizes are estimated from Hugging Face’s parameter counts and the quantisation. Downloads are for the last 30 days.