RE: Run even larger AI models locally with LM Studio
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Very interesting. I've been looking for an easy to use a large LLM that could use the 64Gb of unified memory on my M1 Max chip.
I don't like interacting with AI in the cloud that collects my data and is not private.
I was surprised to learn that Apple has released a M3 Max with 128Gb unified memory. That would really be powerful and could run huge models.
I'll let you know how it goes.
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Mac Studio and even Mac Minis are very popular option for LLM due to how unified memory works. Nowhere can you get ~188 VRAM for less than the cost of even a single A100 40G.
I'm getting 23 tokens per second using the 5 bit Mixtal 2.7 model.
macs have a big edge for this.
I would recommend the 4 bit, the 5 bit isn't much better and takes a lot more ram. I'd stick with 4 bit, or something like 8 bit if you can get there.