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openbmb · Released Sep 6, 2026 · observed 28 Oct 2026

Public-source support evidence

MiniCPM5-2B

We ran the Q4_K_M GGUF on one Mac; see Hardware notes below. Community MLX weights are available; the architecture is listed in llama.cpp and vLLM.

openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B

MiniCPM5-2B is a text generation model published by openbmb on Hugging Face. We have not written a summary yet; see the model card ↗.

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SUPPORT EVIDENCE

Runtime status

llama.cpp

Architecture listed

The model config architecture is listed in this runtime registry. This is family/architecture evidence only; exact checkpoint loading, model-specific configuration, hardware, and generation were not tested.

Checked 2026-10-28 04:06 UTC

Evidence source ↗

Ollama

Unknown

The exact model and runtime-specific sources were checked; no positive model-level evidence was established.

Checked 2026-10-28 04:06 UTC

Version v0.40.12

Checked source ↗

LM Studio

Unknown

The exact model and runtime-specific sources were checked; no positive model-level evidence was established.

Checked 2026-10-28 04:06 UTC

Checked source ↗

MLX / mlx-lm

Upload available

A current public MLX upload with an exact base_model match was observed. Upload availability only; this model was not loaded or hardware-tested.

Checked 2026-10-28 04:06 UTC

Evidence source ↗

vLLM

Architecture listed

The model config architecture is listed in this runtime registry. This is family/architecture evidence only; exact checkpoint loading, model-specific configuration, hardware, and generation were not tested.

Checked 2026-10-28 04:06 UTC

Evidence source ↗

MLX community uploads may target mlx-vlm; an upload observation does not establish mlx-lm compatibility.

MEMORY ESTIMATES

Which file should I grab?

The summary estimate of about 4 GB is the recommended Q4_K_M quant (1.6 GB observed), from file size × 1.2 + 1.5 GB. Each card is the largest observed quant whose estimate fits that capacity.

16 GB capacity estimate

Which file should I grab?

BF16 · 5.0 GB observed · about 8 GB ↗

About 8 GB using file size × 1.2 + 1.5 GB. Fit is an estimate; compatibility, speed, context length and hardware have not been tested.

24 GB capacity estimate

Which file should I grab?

BF16 · 5.0 GB observed · about 8 GB ↗

About 8 GB using file size × 1.2 + 1.5 GB. Fit is an estimate; compatibility, speed, context length and hardware have not been tested.

32 GB capacity estimate

Which file should I grab?

BF16 · 5.0 GB observed · about 8 GB ↗

About 8 GB using file size × 1.2 + 1.5 GB. Fit is an estimate; compatibility, speed, context length and hardware have not been tested.

64 GB capacity estimate

Which file should I grab?

BF16 · 5.0 GB observed · about 8 GB ↗

About 8 GB using file size × 1.2 + 1.5 GB. Fit is an estimate; compatibility, speed, context length and hardware have not been tested.

128 GB capacity estimate

Which file should I grab?

BF16 · 5.0 GB observed · about 8 GB ↗

About 8 GB using file size × 1.2 + 1.5 GB. Fit is an estimate; compatibility, speed, context length and hardware have not been tested.

192 GB capacity estimate

Which file should I grab?

BF16 · 5.0 GB observed · about 8 GB ↗

About 8 GB using file size × 1.2 + 1.5 GB. Fit is an estimate; compatibility, speed, context length and hardware have not been tested.

256 GB capacity estimate

Which file should I grab?

BF16 · 5.0 GB observed · about 8 GB ↗

About 8 GB using file size × 1.2 + 1.5 GB. Fit is an estimate; compatibility, speed, context length and hardware have not been tested.

512 GB capacity estimate

Which file should I grab?

BF16 · 5.0 GB observed · about 8 GB ↗

About 8 GB using file size × 1.2 + 1.5 GB. Fit is an estimate; compatibility, speed, context length and hardware have not been tested.

Memory estimates are the observed file size plus fixed headroom (20% plus 1.5 GB runtime allowance); real needs also depend on context length, KV cache and runtime settings. Fit is an estimate; it does not establish runtime compatibility, speed, context length, or hardware performance. Text-weights-only estimates do not include a projector or total vision memory where unknown.

Terms: a quant is a lower-precision version of the weights; GGUF is a file format used by llama.cpp and compatible apps; MLX targets Apple silicon; vLLM is a model-serving engine for NVIDIA GPUs; the KV cache is stored attention state that grows with context length. Terms explained ↗

OBSERVED FILES

Quant uploads

Sizes and file groups come from the listed uploader repositories. A size is marked as an estimated fit only for a complete observed GGUF quant group.

UploaderFormat & quantObserved sizeEstimated fitFiles
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · IQ2_M969.8 MB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · IQ3_M1.4 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · IQ3_XS1.2 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · IQ3_XXS1.1 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · IQ4_NL1.6 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · IQ4_XS1.5 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q2_K1.0 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q3_K_L1.3 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q3_K_M1.2 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q3_K_S1.2 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q4_01.5 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q4_11.6 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q4_K_L1.7 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q4_K_M1.6 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q4_K_S1.5 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q5_K_M1.9 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q5_K_S1.8 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q6_K2.1 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q6_K_L2.3 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · Q8_02.7 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
bartowskibartowski/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026GGUF · BF165.0 GB16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 192 GB, 256 GB, 512 GBEstimate only; requires the complete GGUF quant group.
1 file
Complete observed GGUF quant file.
mlx-communitymlx-community/MiniCPM5-2B-8bit ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026MLX · Quant unknownSize unknownUnknownUnknown: completeness or a complete GGUF quant group was not verified.
1 file
Observed weight file metadata; completeness unavailable without index/config verification.
mlx-communitymlx-community/MiniCPM5-2B-mlx-4Bit ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026MLX · Quant unknownSize unknownUnknownUnknown: completeness or a complete GGUF quant group was not verified.
1 file
Observed weight file metadata; completeness unavailable without index/config verification.
mlx-communitymlx-community/MiniCPM5-2B-bf16 ↗Observed 28 Oct 2026MLX · Quant unknownSize unknownUnknownUnknown: completeness or a complete GGUF quant group was not verified.
1 file
Observed weight file metadata; completeness unavailable without index/config verification.

CURATED TRACKING

Known issues

No curated issues verified for this snapshot. An empty list does not mean there are no bugs.

HARDWARE NOTES

We ran it on a Mac

We ran the Q4_K_M GGUF (1.56 GB, openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF @2079a22) on an Apple M4 Max Mac, 128 GiB unified memory, macOS 27.0.1, Metal with llama.cpp b11912 (upstream, 961c376) on 27 Oct 2026.

Decode: 190.8 tok/s on a short prompt, 182.7 tok/s on a long prompt (medians of 3 runs).

Peak memory: 2.29 GiB (llama-server footprint).

llama-bench: pp512 2,939.4 tok/s, tg128 194.0 tok/s.

Answer checks: 2 of 4 prompts passed (quick pass/fail sanity checks, not a quality benchmark).

We ran OpenBMB's official Q4_K_M GGUF of this model.

Default chat template settings (no thinking toggle passed). The model wrote reasoning text on every prompt; decode speed counts every generated token.

Both failed checks hit the 512-token output cap while the model was still reasoning.

One machine, one run set: temperature 0, 8K context, 1 warm-up plus 3 runs per prompt. Short prompt is 21 tokens; long prompt is 1,397 tokens (each model counts with its own tokenizer). Weights were loaded from an external USB drive with mmap off; load time is not published for this run. Your speed will differ with hardware, context length and settings.

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