Text Generation
MLX
Safetensors
qwen2
nvfp4
logic
math
code
quantized
reasoning
apple-silicon
conversational
4-bit precision
Instructions to use bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4 with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4 with MLX:
# Make sure mlx-lm is installed # pip install --upgrade mlx-lm # Generate text with mlx-lm from mlx_lm import load, generate model, tokenizer = load("bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4") prompt = "Write a story about Einstein" messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}] prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template( messages, add_generation_prompt=True ) text = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- LM Studio
- Pi
How to use bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4 with Pi:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4"
Configure the model in Pi
# Install Pi: npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent # Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json: { "providers": { "mlx-lm": { "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1", "api": "openai-completions", "apiKey": "none", "models": [ { "id": "bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- OpenClaw new
How to use bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4 with OpenClaw:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4"
Configure OpenClaw
# Install OpenClaw: npm install -g openclaw@latest # Register the local server and set it as the default model: openclaw onboard --non-interactive --mode local \ --auth-choice custom-api-key \ --custom-base-url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 \ --custom-model-id "bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4" \ --custom-provider-id mlx-lm \ --custom-compatibility openai \ --custom-text-input \ --accept-risk \ --skip-health
Run OpenClaw
openclaw agent --local --agent main --message "Hello from Hugging Face"
- MLX LM
How to use bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4 with MLX LM:
Generate or start a chat session
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Interactive chat REPL mlx_lm.chat --model "bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4"
Run an OpenAI-compatible server
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Start the server mlx_lm.server --model "bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4" # Calling the OpenAI-compatible server with curl curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"} ] }' - Hermes Agent
How to use bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4 with Hermes Agent:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4"
Configure Hermes
# Install Hermes: curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash hermes setup # Point Hermes at the local server: hermes config set model.provider custom hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 hermes config set model.default bkideas/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4
Run Hermes
hermes
| license: apache-2.0 | |
| base_model: WeiboAI/VibeThinker-1.5B | |
| tags: | |
| - mlx | |
| - nvfp4 | |
| - logic | |
| - math | |
| - code | |
| - quantized | |
| - reasoning | |
| - apple-silicon | |
| pipeline_tag: text-generation | |
| # VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4 | |
| This repository contains the **4-bit NVFP4 quantized weights** for [WeiboAI/VibeThinker-1.5B](https://huggingface.co/WeiboAI/VibeThinker-1.5B), optimized for low-latency, edge-based deployment on Apple Silicon hardware using the `oMLX` framework. | |
| `VibeThinker-1.5B` is a dense Transformer reasoning model created by Sina Weibo Inc. It is engineered to challenge traditional scaling laws using the *Spectrum-to-Signal Principle (SSP)*—combining Two-Stage Diversity-Exploring Distillation with MaxEnt-Guided Policy Optimization (MGPO) to extract deep math and coding capabilities from a tiny 1.5B parameter core. | |
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| ## ⚡ Inference Generation Breakthroughs (vs. VibeThinker-3B-nvfp4) | |
| When benchmarked on Apple Silicon via the [oMLX inference engine](https://github.com/jundot/omlx), this ultra-compact 1.5B parameter NVFP4 quantization delivers staggering speedups and resource savings compared directly to its 3B NVFP4 sibling. | |
| ### Core Efficiency Multipliers: | |
| * **🏎️ Speed Jump (Token Generation):** Output velocity increases by **+84.6%** in standard generation, skyrocketing to **454.2 tok/s** (compared to the 3B variant's 246.0 tok/s). | |
| * **📉 Massive VRAM Savings:** Reduces peak VRAM footprint by **-38.6%**, requiring a mere **1.51 GB** of memory (vs. 2.46 GB for the 3B model), making it trivial to run on base-tier Mac hardware. | |
| * **⚡ Prefill Processing Acceleration:** The prompt prefill rate surges by **+30.3%** under standard context lengths (`pp TPS` climbs from 3,659 tok/s to **4,768.5 tok/s**). Under massive 4k context limits, prefill speeds leap by **+60.3%** to hit **10,039.5 tok/s**. | |
| * **🚀 Concurrent Scaling (4x Batching):** Under continuous multi-request batching, token throughput pushes forward to an incredible **773.5 tok/s**—outperforming the 3B batched configuration by **+68.5%**. | |
| * **⏱️ Near-Instant Turnaround:** Total end-to-end processing latency drops by **-37.9%**, fulfilling a full reasoning response cycle in just **0.497 seconds**. | |
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| ## 🛠️ Deployment & Execution Quickstart | |
| To run this model, use an inference engine configured to process the optimized `nvfp4` memory layout natively on Mac (such as `oMLX`). | |
| ### Example running with `oMLX` | |
| ```bash | |
| # Execute local evaluation benches natively using the optimized Auto engine pipeline: | |
| omlx bench --model your-hf-username/VibeThinker-1.5B-MLX-nvfp4 --prompt "Integrate x^2 ln(x) dx step by step." | |
| ``` | |
| <img src="/bkideas/Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-MLX-nvfp4/resolve/main/benchmark.svg" alt="Benchmark table" width="100%" /> |