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Qwen-Flash-Next runs on 16GB M2 Pro Mac Mini, showing surprising performance

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A user successfully ran the Qwen-Flash-Next large language model on a 16GB M2 Pro Mac Mini, a device not typically suited for such demanding tasks. Despite the hardware limitations, the model performed surprisingly well, handling large context windows up to 120k tokens. The user observed a consistent token speed of 77 tokens/s for prefill and 5.5 tokens/s for decode, making it a potentially usable, albeit slow, tool for tasks like code assistance. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates the increasing feasibility of running advanced LLMs on consumer-grade hardware, potentially broadening accessibility.

RANK_REASON User successfully runs a large language model on consumer hardware not typically designed for it, demonstrating its capabilities.

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Qwen-Flash-Next runs on 16GB M2 Pro Mac Mini, showing surprising performance

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/SocietyTomorrow ·

    Not because you should, but because you can - Qwen-Flash-Next on a 16GB M2 Pro Mac Mini

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I was getting ready to sell an old kiosk Mini at our office that was getting an upgrade, and figured I would see what happened if I tried to make it do something it by all rights shouldn't be able to. I loaded up Strata and ran the iQ3_xxs quant …

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