How much ram needed

#1
by satvikahuja - opened

will it work on 32gb m1 max?

MLX Community org

@satvikahuja
Unified memory usage

  • 8B 4bit : 7.5GB
  • 8B 8bit : 10GB
  • 70B 4bit : 39GB
  • 70B 8bit : 70GB

So, it will cause swapping with 32gb😱

MLX Community org

Here's an easy tool to calculate the ballpark memory needed: https://llm-calc.rayfernando.ai

Sadly, it looks like you'll need a hardware update (just like I do)

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