TheDrummer · First MLX build 6 Jun 2025

Rivermind-Lux-12B-v1

MLX Text

A 12B parameter text generation model from TheDrummer, with 4 MLX builds, from 4-bit to bf16.

Hugging Face
Parameters
12B
From Hugging Face
Quantisation
bf16
Rivermind-Lux-12B-v1-bf16
Memory needed
30 GB
Estimate, unified memory
Download
24.5 GB
Weights, estimated
Downloads
39
This build, last 30 days
Task
Text generation
Text
MLX builds
4
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/Rivermind-Lux-12B-v1-bf16 --prompt "Hello"

MLX builds

4 on mlx-community
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Rivermind-Lux-12B-v1-4bit 4-bit 6.9 GB 10 GB 20
Rivermind-Lux-12B-v1-6bit 6-bit 10.0 GB 14 GB 18
Rivermind-Lux-12B-v1-8bit 8-bit 13.0 GB 17 GB 22
Rivermind-Lux-12B-v1-bf16 bf16 24.5 GB 30 GB 39

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