minicpm5-deploy-llama-cpp

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Run MiniCPM5-1B with llama.cpp using the released GGUF artifacts (F16 / Q8_0 / Q4_K_M). Use when the user wants CPU-only / consumer-GPU / cross-platform native deployment, asks for "llama.cpp", "llama-cli", "llama-server", "GGUF", or has no Python available.

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Deploy MiniCPM5-1B with llama.cpp

CPU / edge / consumer-GPU deployment via the released GGUF artifacts. The artifacts work directly with vanilla llama.cpp and every downstream runtime (Ollama / LM Studio / llama-cpp-python).

Required input

Var	Example	Default
`GGUF_REPO`	`openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B-GGUF`	required
`QUANT`	`Q4_K_M` (657 MB, recommended) / `Q8_0` (1.1 GB) / `F16` (2.1 GB)	`Q4_K_M`
`NGL`	`99` (all layers on GPU) / `0` (CPU only)	`99` if NVIDIA GPU, else `0`
`CTX`	`8192` (default) up to `131072` (128 K)	`8192`

Steps

1. Install llama.cpp

# macOS
brew install llama.cpp

# Linux / cross-platform: pre-built binary
curl -fsSL https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases/latest/download/llama-cli-linux.tar.gz | tar -xz
# OR build from source:
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git && cd llama.cpp
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DGGML_CUDA=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release    # CPU-only: omit GGML_CUDA=ON
cmake --build . --config Release -j $(nproc) --target llama-cli llama-server

2. Download the GGUF

mkdir -p ~/minicpm5 && cd ~/minicpm5
huggingface-cli download ${GGUF_REPO} MiniCPM5-1B-${QUANT}.gguf --local-dir .

3a. Interactive chat (CLI)

llama-cli -m MiniCPM5-1B-${QUANT}.gguf \
    -n 2048 --temp 0.7 --top-p 0.95 -ngl ${NGL} -c ${CTX}

3b. OpenAI-compatible HTTP server

llama-server -m MiniCPM5-1B-${QUANT}.gguf \
    --port 8080 -ngl ${NGL} -c ${CTX} --jinja

4. Validate

curl http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
        "model": "MiniCPM5-1B",
        "messages": [{"role":"user","content":"1+1=?"}],
        "temperature": 0.7, "top_p": 0.95, "max_tokens": 64
    }'

Expected: "2" in the reply.

Sampling defaults

Mode	`--temp`	`--top-p`
Think	0.9	0.95
No-think	0.7	0.95

Choosing a quant

Quant	Disk	RAM	Quality
F16	2.1 GB	~3 GB	reference
Q8_0	1.1 GB	~2 GB	~indistinguishable from F16
Q4_K_M	657 MB	~1.3 GB	small drop, ideal for laptops

Common pitfalls

Slow on CPU + large context: drop -c 131072 to -c 8192 if you don't need 128 K.

Building your own GGUF (advanced)

If you've trained your own MiniCPM5-1B variant, build a GGUF with:

python convert_hf_to_gguf.py /path/to/your-fp16-hf --outfile out/F16.gguf --outtype f16
llama-quantize out/F16.gguf out/Q4_K_M.gguf Q4_K_M

Trained a LoRA adapter (not a full model) and want to apply it at runtime with --lora instead of baking it in? Convert it to a GGUF adapter — see minicpm5-finetune-gguf-lora.

When NOT to use

NVIDIA GPU + want OpenAI-compatible serving → minicpm5-deploy-vllm
Apple Silicon native → minicpm5-deploy-mlx is faster
Just want one-line desktop run → minicpm5-deploy-ollama
Want a desktop GUI → minicpm5-deploy-lmstudio

Reference

docs/deployment/llama_cpp.md