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ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: e0acbdeSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text generation model with 21.8B parameters. Safetensors weights, 23.2 GB in all. Published by lmstudio-community under Apache-2.0.

21.8B params23.2GBERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bitsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams21.8BSize23.2 GBFormatssafetensorsTasktext generationLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit
# manifest sha256 326afe537f9a… · 23.2 GB · 15 files
$ fw verify ./ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit
From sourceHosted (signed)lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bitLast check: 2026-11-15 04:45 UTC
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Quantized of ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-PT.

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Overview

Size
23.2 GB
Weights
23.2 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
21.8B
Formats
safetensors
Task
text generation
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
15, each with a sha256
Publisher
lmstudio-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.text
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Base model: baidu/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-PT

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💫 Community Model> ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B by baidu#

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Model creator: baidu

Original model: ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-PT

MLX quantization: provided by LM Studio team using mlx_lm

Technical Details#

8-bit quantized version of ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-PT using MLX, optimized for Apple Silicon.

Special thanks#

🙏 Special thanks to the Apple Machine Learning Research team for creating MLX.

Disclaimers#

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Files

15 files · 23.2 GBWeights 23.2 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 15 files with their sha256
FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.52 KB11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361
README.md2.27 KB3fa5119047b5b39bb740dad735f5857f2fce7eb1af05eb6db931da83bc063581
added_tokens.json25.2 KB08ab98258652553a53455b164c258488ce840322f0949877676d962a1d958cad
chat_template.jinja754 B471fb571976770318fe6f27749e37940be8d29c0a7770558140f141f5906f2a2
config.json1.30 KBfeff6d37062ab0e6056a2ba397a139702facf4ae5277c4b23979cc469c5a7ecc
generation_config.json226 B7ad1494c9fb6d26f0fdf1be2a542fe6e1f776597037661fd360daded217308c1
model-00001-of-00005.safetensors5.17 GB3cffa2e6b8ee2e09902aee5c884abf158d41c81de379a78d5c6477ac347902ef
model-00002-of-00005.safetensors5.37 GB0bfbe0d5bdc4aa1034af469bb628b9a00856bcac49e197833fa31763b201c15c
model-00003-of-00005.safetensors5.34 GB376518b6027c980762bb40fc1913b10b60beb3c409e618f949a93f7b1f51b7ed
model-00004-of-00005.safetensors5.33 GB5d1f1e220dd13491785b35e2afcc64df6e43dafa26a911e61eef876e97ca84d9
model-00005-of-00005.safetensors1.98 GB4735e575edde1a5a01b0de5d445a86090455a29f635cda56968f1a8e4df5d8e3
model.safetensors.index.json88.3 KBcc71826b23f959d6bbd8a3984fade4dfe2248210b62204227928a0057a686ef9
special_tokens_map.json19.3 KB9555ebfd6201518803e3857a141c25291d2a892d3c5951bb6fa2548c92e059e7
tokenizer.model1.61 MB34ef7db83df785924fb83d7b887b6e822a031c56e15cff40aaf9b982988180df
tokenizer_config.json201 KBb1d594b1e885d60c63a5b362f65461b7ec04c7c0cb0d9ddd64946cf5e2168751
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
e0acbdec12 pinned now2026-11-15 04:45 UTC15 files · 23.2 GB

Use it

$ fw get lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit
# manifest sha256 326afe537f9a… · 23.2 GB · 15 files
$ fw verify ./ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit.json --dir ./ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit $ python3 fw.py verify ./ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit ./lmstudio-community__ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit --revision e0acbdec125c71409348f31c2fcef12ad0d5f9f6 --local-dir ./ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit
transformersLoad the weights in Python.
import os os.environ["HF_ENDPOINT"] = "https://freeweights.allternit.com" from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit", revision="e0acbdec125c71409348f31c2fcef12ad0d5f9f6") model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit", revision="e0acbdec125c71409348f31c2fcef12ad0d5f9f6", device_map="auto")
vLLMServe an OpenAI-compatible API.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com vllm serve lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit --revision e0acbdec125c71409348f31c2fcef12ad0d5f9f6
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License

Name
Apache License 2.0
Id
Apache-2.0
Class
Permissive
Redistribution
yes
Listing
Hosted (signed)
Decided
License as declared by the publisher. No person read it. 2026-11-15
Text in
README.md
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3fa5119047b5b39bb740dad735f5857f2fce7eb1af05eb6db931da83bc063581
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Provenance

From: lmstudio-community <huggingface.co/lmstudio-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.textSubject: ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bitDate: 2026-11-15Commit: e0acbdeSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit
Pinned commit
e0acbdec125c71409348f31c2fcef12ad0d5f9f6
Manifest
ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
326afe537f9a5f004424175526c8432efb78d63e4f03cf390d5a1569a10625a7
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 04:45 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

A manifest whose signature fails must be rejected. A file whose size or sha256 does not match must be discarded. Verify a download

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Parent

baidu/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-PT · this model is a quantization of it

No model in the catalog names this one as its parent.

Get it
Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit
Open in Freeweights Studio

Pull, verify and run it in the Allternit app on Desktop, web or phone.

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/lmstudio-community/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-MLX-8bit

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