Meta · First MLX build 6 Nov 2024

Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct

MLX Text llama3.1

A 406B parameter text generation model from Meta, with 2 MLX builds at 8-bit.

Hugging Face
Parameters
406B
From Hugging Face
Quantisation
8-bit
Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct-8bit
Memory needed
484 GB
Estimate, unified memory
Download
431 GB
Weights, estimated
Downloads
159
This build, last 30 days
Task
Text generation
Text
MLX builds
2
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/Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct-8bit --prompt "Hello"

MLX builds

2 on mlx-community
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Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct-8bit 8-bit 431 GB 484 GB 159
Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct-8bit 8-bit 431 GB 484 GB 121

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