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MosaicMLMosaicML

MPT-30B-Instruct

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huggingfaceHuggingFace
May 2023Released8K tokensContextApache 2.0License3 EntryQuality

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HuggingFace
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Quick specs

Parameters30B
Architecturedense
Context8K tokens
Modalitytext
Min RAM11.7 GB
Rec. RAM21.6 GB (Q5_K_M)
LicenseApache 2.0
FamilyMPT
✓ Chat✓ Reasoning

About this model

MPT-30B Instruct is MosaicML's large instruction-tuned model offering strong reasoning and generation quality. Features 8K context with ALiBi encoding and efficient inference optimizations.

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Best budgetC
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NVIDIA
Best overallB
NVIDIA A100 40GB~$10,000 — 62 tok/s

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Quantization options

VRAM estimates by quant level

No hardware detected — fit column shows raw VRAM estimates

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
11.7 GB
Low—
Q3_K_S
3
14.7 GB
Low—
NVFP4
4
16.8 GB
Medium—
Q4_K_M
4
18.3 GB
Medium—
Q5_K_M
5
21.6 GB
High—
Q6_K
6
24.6 GB
High—
Q8_0
8
32.1 GB
Very High—
F16
16
61.5 GB
Maximum—

Hardware compatibility

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Memory breakdown

Reference: NVIDIA A10 24GB

Weights21.6 GB
KV Cache4.7 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom2.4 GB