This repository contains an MLX-converted and 8-bit quantized version of Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct.
No fine-tuning or training was performed
Format conversion + post-training quantization only
8-bit prioritizes output stability and quality
Usage
pip install -U mlx-lm
bash
1mlx_lm.generate \2 --model Irfanuruchi/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct-MLX-8bit \3 --prompt "Write a helpful onboarding message for an iOS app in 3 bullet points."
Bench notes (MacBook Pro M3 Pro)
Prompt tokens: 45
Generation tokens: 100
Generation speed: ~192.9 tokens/sec
Peak memory: ~0.565 GB
Tooling
mlx-lm: 0.30.2
mlx: bundled with Apple MLX (no public version string)