SakanaAI · First MLX build 1 Apr 2025
Llama-3-Karamaru-v1
MLX
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A 8B parameter text generation model from SakanaAI, with 3 MLX builds, from 4-bit to 8-bit.
- Parameters
- 8B From Hugging Face
- Quantisation
- Unstated Llama-3-Karamaru-v1
- Memory needed
- 20 GB Estimate, unified memory
- Download
- 16.1 GB Weights, estimated
- Downloads
- 28 This build, last 30 days
- Task
- Text generation Text
- MLX builds
- 3 On mlx-community
- Devices
- Mac Apple silicon
Memory
Will it fit?Needs about 20 GB at Unstated
8 GB
16 GB
24 GB
32 GB
64 GB
128 GB
Fits with headroomTight, close other appsWon’t fit
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/Llama-3-Karamaru-v1 --prompt "Hello"MLX builds
3 on mlx-community| Llama-3-Karamaru-v1-4bit | 4-bit | 4.5 GB | 8 GB | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama-3-Karamaru-v1-8bit | 8-bit | 8.5 GB | 12 GB | 17 |
| Llama-3-Karamaru-v1 | Unstated | 16.1 GB | 20 GB | 28 |
Sizes are estimated from Hugging Face’s parameter counts and the quantisation. Downloads are for the last 30 days.