Model
Fit
Speed
Memory
Scores / Run
Runs comfortably
Runs comfortably
19 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
6/8GB
Runs comfortably
21 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
5/8GB
Runs comfortably
40 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
3/8GB
Runs comfortably
45 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
3/8GB
Runs comfortably
30 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
4/8GB
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Q4_K_M
4.5GB
7k cap
Runs comfortably
23
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
5
/ 8GB
52
/
55
/
62
Runs comfortably
23 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
5/8GB
Runs comfortably
35 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
3/8GB
Runs comfortably
24 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
5/8GB
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Q4_K_M
2.0GB
24k cap
Runs comfortably
50
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
2
/ 8GB
35
/
38
/
50
Runs comfortably
50 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
2/8GB
Runs comfortably
33 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
4/8GB
Runs tight
6.2GB
ctx headroom ~0
Runs tight
18
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
6
/ 8GB
88
/
89
/
85
Runs tight
18 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
6/8GB
Runs tight
16 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
8/8GB
Runs tight
17 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
7/8GB
Runs tight
17 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
7/8GB
Runs tight
16 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
8/8GB
Runs tight
17 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
7/8GB
8.0GB
ctx headroom ~0
Runs tight
15
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
8
/ 8GB
52
/
55
/
62
Runs tight
15 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
8/8GB
Runs with CPU offload
9.8GB
ctx spills to ram
Runs with CPU offload
5
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
10
/ 8GB
88
/
89
/
85
Runs with CPU offload
5 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
10/8GB
Ornith-1.5-9B
Q8_0
9.8GB
ctx spills to ram
Runs with CPU offload
6
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
10
/ 8GB
78
/
76
/
74
Runs with CPU offload
6 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
10/8GB
Phi-4 14B
Q4_K_M
8.5GB
ctx spills to ram
Runs with CPU offload
9
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
9
/ 8GB
75
/
78
/
70
Runs with CPU offload
9 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
9/8GB
Qwen3 14B
Q4_K_M
9.0GB
ctx spills to ram
Runs with CPU offload
8
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
9
/ 8GB
72
/
75
/
70
Runs with CPU offload
8 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
9/8GB
Gemma 4 12B
Q8_0
13.0GB
ctx spills to ram
Runs with CPU offload
4
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
13
/ 8GB
70
/
74
/
72
Runs with CPU offload
4 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
13/8GB
Qwen3 8B
Q8_0
8.5GB
ctx spills to ram
Runs with CPU offload
9
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
9
/ 8GB
67
/
70
/
65
Runs with CPU offload
9 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
9/8GB
Mistral Nemo 12B
Q8_0
13.2GB
ctx spills to ram
Runs with CPU offload
4
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
13
/ 8GB
58
/
60
/
62
Runs with CPU offload
4 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
13/8GB
Mellum2.1 12B Thinking
Q4_K_M
7.0GB
ctx spills to ram
Runs with CPU offload
1
tok/s
ⓘ estimated
7
/ 8GB
Runs with CPU offload
1 tok/s
ⓘ estimated
7/8GB
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