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Product · github.com · Sunday, 9 August 2026

ExpertCache squeezes a 120B GPT model onto a 16 GB M1 Pro

ExpertCache lets a 120‑billion‑parameter GPT‑OSS model (63 GB) run on an M1 Pro with only 16 GB of RAM by paging expert tensors directly into Metal. The demo hits ~0.75 tok/s for prompts—far from interactive speed—but proves the checkpoint can stay functional without swapping. It opens a path to local inference on commodity Macs, albeit with performance trade‑offs.

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