1× DGX Spark
12.6tok/sPeak
1 request, best value reported by source, context 8k Source
Intelligence15with thinking
Engine
- Engine
- LM Studio (MLX-Backend) 0.4.21
- Quantization
- mlx-4bit
- Model family
- Granite-4.2
- Context
- —
- Parameters
- 3B
- Creator
- 0xBakeer
- GitHub stars
- 14
- Repo updated
- Sep 23, 2026
Measurements
Every sourced value of this recipe, each with its condition and source. Bars relative to the largest value in the group.
No sourced measurements for this recipe.
What you need
- Hardware
- 1 × Mac / Apple Silicon
- Weights
- Main weightsibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b Apache-2.0
- Engine
- LM Studio (MLX-Backend) 0.4.21
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