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Can I run this LLM?

Can a Laptop CPU, DDR5 dual-channel (16GB) run MiniCPM5 2B?

MiniCPM · Apache 2.0 · estimated for a 16.0 GB machine at 4K context.

Yes — it runs great.

Best fit: MiniCPM5 2B at Q3_K_M · 1.2 GB · 14–21 tok/s on a Laptop CPU, DDR5 dual-channel (16GB).

Every quantization on this machine

QuantSizeSpeedFit
Q2_K1.0 GB16–24 tok/sRuns great
Q3_K_M1.2 GB14–21 tok/sRuns great
Q4_K_M1.6 GB12–17 tok/sTight / slow
Q5_K_M1.9 GB10–15 tok/sTight / slow
Q6_K2.1 GB9–14 tok/sTight / slow
Q8_02.7 GB8–12 tok/sTight / slow
FP165.0 GB5–7 tok/sTight / slow
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