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M5 24GB

49 models / sorted by best_quality

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Model Fit Speed Memory Scores / Run

Runs comfortably

Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B Q4_K_M

21.7GB 3k cap

Runs comfortably

23 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

22 / 24GB

91 / 89 / 86

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 23 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 22/24GB

Qwen3.6 35B A3B Q4_K_M

20.0GB 7k cap

Runs comfortably

23 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

20 / 24GB

90 / 91 / 87

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 23 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 20/24GB

Pokee-Isaac 28B Q4_K_M

16.0GB 10k cap

Runs comfortably

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

16 / 24GB

90 / 88 / 88

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 16/24GB

Qwen3.8-27B NVFP4 Unsloth

15.2GB 10k cap

Runs comfortably

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

15 / 24GB

88 / 89 / 85

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 15/24GB

Qwen3.8-27B UD-IQ1_S Unsloth

6.2GB 29k cap

Runs comfortably

11 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

6 / 24GB

88 / 89 / 85

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 11 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 6/24GB

Qwen3.8-27B UD-Q2_K_XL Unsloth

9.8GB 23k cap

Runs comfortably

8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

10 / 24GB

88 / 89 / 85

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 10/24GB

Qwen3.8-27B UD-Q4_K_XL Unsloth

17.6GB 9k cap

Runs comfortably

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

18 / 24GB

88 / 89 / 85

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 18/24GB

Gemma 4 31B QAT

18.0GB 6k cap

Runs comfortably

4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

18 / 24GB

86 / 89 / 85

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 18/24GB

Gemma 4 31B Q4_K_M

18.3GB 5k cap

Runs comfortably

4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

18 / 24GB

86 / 89 / 85

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 18/24GB

Gemma 4 31B NVFP4

16.0GB 5k cap

Runs comfortably

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

16 / 24GB

86 / 89 / 85

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 16/24GB

Gemma 4 26B A4B NVFP4

14.0GB 12k cap

Runs comfortably

18 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

14 / 24GB

85 / 88 / 84

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 18 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 14/24GB

Gemma 4 26B A4B Q4_K_M

13.0GB 11k cap

Runs comfortably

19 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

13 / 24GB

85 / 88 / 84

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 19 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 13/24GB

Qwen3.6 27B Q4_K_M

16.5GB 10k cap

Runs comfortably

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

17 / 24GB

85 / 87 / 82

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 17/24GB

Qwen3 32B Q4_K_M

20.0GB 5k cap

Runs comfortably

4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

20 / 24GB

80 / 82 / 78

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 20/24GB

Ornith-1.5-9B Q6_K

7.6GB 32k cap

Runs comfortably

10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

8 / 24GB

78 / 76 / 74

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 8/24GB

Ornith-1.5-9B Q8_0

9.8GB 28k cap

Runs comfortably

8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

10 / 24GB

78 / 76 / 74

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 10/24GB

Ornith-1.5-9B BF16

18.4GB 10k cap

Runs comfortably

4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

18 / 24GB

78 / 76 / 74

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 18/24GB

Ornith-1.5-9B Q4_K_M

5.8GB 36k cap

Runs comfortably

12 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

6 / 24GB

78 / 76 / 74

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 12 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 6/24GB

Ornith-1.5-9B Q5_K_M

6.6GB 34k cap

Runs comfortably

11 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

7 / 24GB

78 / 76 / 74

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 11 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 7/24GB

Qwen3 30B A3B Q4_K_M

15.5GB 15k cap

Runs comfortably

24 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

16 / 24GB

75 / 78 / 72

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 24 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 16/24GB

Phi-4 14B Q4_K_M

8.5GB 16k ctx

Runs comfortably

9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

9 / 24GB

75 / 78 / 70

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 9/24GB

Phi-4 14B Q8_0

15.0GB 16k ctx

Runs comfortably

6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

15 / 24GB

75 / 78 / 70

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 15/24GB

Xing4.0-29B-A4B Q4_K_M

20.1GB 7k cap

Runs comfortably

12 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

20 / 24GB

75 / 73 / 72

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 12 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 20/24GB

Qwen3 14B Q4_K_M

9.0GB 30k cap

Runs comfortably

8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

9 / 24GB

72 / 75 / 70

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 9/24GB

Qwen3 14B Q8_0

15.0GB 18k cap

Runs comfortably

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

15 / 24GB

72 / 75 / 70

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 15/24GB

Gemma 4 12B Q4_K_M

7.2GB 37k cap

Runs comfortably

10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

7 / 24GB

70 / 74 / 72

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 7/24GB

Gemma 4 12B Q8_0

13.0GB 24k cap

Runs comfortably

6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

13 / 24GB

70 / 74 / 72

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 13/24GB

Gemma 3 27B Q4_K_M

17.0GB 9k cap

Runs comfortably

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

17 / 24GB

68 / 71 / 72

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 17/24GB

Qwen3 8B Q8_0

8.5GB 31k cap

Runs comfortably

9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

9 / 24GB

67 / 70 / 65

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 9/24GB

Qwen3 8B Q4_K_M

5.2GB 37k cap

Runs comfortably

13 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

5 / 24GB

67 / 70 / 65

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 13 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 5/24GB

Gemma 3 12B Q8_0

13.5GB 25k cap

Runs comfortably

6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

14 / 24GB

62 / 65 / 68

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 14/24GB

Gemma 3 12B Q4_K_M

7.5GB 39k cap

Runs comfortably

10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

8 / 24GB

62 / 65 / 68

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 8/24GB

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct Q3_K_M

19.0GB 10k cap

Runs comfortably

13 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

19 / 24GB

62 / 65 / 68

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 13 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 19/24GB

Mistral Nemo 12B Q4_K_M

7.3GB 41k cap

Runs comfortably

10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

7 / 24GB

58 / 60 / 62

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 7/24GB

Mistral Nemo 12B Q8_0

13.2GB 26k cap

Runs comfortably

6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

13 / 24GB

58 / 60 / 62

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 13/24GB

Qwen3 4B Q4_K_M

2.6GB 32k ctx

Runs comfortably

24 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

3 / 24GB

58 / 60 / 56

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 24 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 3/24GB

Phi-4 Mini Q8_0

4.1GB 99k cap

Runs comfortably

19 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

4 / 24GB

55 / 58 / 52

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 19 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 4/24GB

Phi-4 Mini Q4_K_M

2.5GB 107k cap

Runs comfortably

28 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

3 / 24GB

55 / 58 / 52

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 28 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 3/24GB

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Q4_K_M

4.5GB 39k cap

Runs comfortably

14 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

5 / 24GB

52 / 55 / 62

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 14 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 5/24GB

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Q8_0

8.0GB 32k cap

Runs comfortably

9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

8 / 24GB

52 / 55 / 62

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 8/24GB

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct FP16

16.0GB 16k cap

Runs comfortably

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

16 / 24GB

52 / 55 / 62

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 16/24GB

Gemma 3 4B Q8_0

5.0GB 63k cap

Runs comfortably

15 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

5 / 24GB

42 / 45 / 55

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 15 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 5/24GB

Gemma 3 4B Q4_K_M

3.0GB 70k cap

Runs comfortably

22 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

3 / 24GB

42 / 45 / 55

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 22 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 3/24GB

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct Q8_0

3.5GB 85k cap

Runs comfortably

20 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

4 / 24GB

35 / 38 / 50

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 20 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 4/24GB

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct Q4_K_M

2.0GB 91k cap

Runs comfortably

31 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

2 / 24GB

35 / 38 / 50

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 31 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 2/24GB

Mellum2.1 12B Thinking Q4_K_M

7.0GB 131k ctx

Runs comfortably

55 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

7 / 24GB

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 55 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 7/24GB

LFM2.5-24B-A2B Q4_K_M

13.7GB 102k cap

Runs comfortably

63 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

14 / 24GB

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 63 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 14/24GB

Runs tight

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Q2_K

21.5GB 1k cap

Runs tight

3 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

22 / 24GB

72 / 77 / 80

FIT Runs tight

SPEED 3 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 22/24GB

Muse Glimmer 30B Q4_K_M

18.0GB ctx headroom ~0

Runs tight

4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

18 / 24GB

FIT Runs tight

SPEED 4 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 18/24GB

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