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M5 16GB

31 models / sorted by best_quality

Quality Fastest Least mem Newest

Model Fit Speed Memory Scores / Run

Runs comfortably

Qwen3.8-27B UD-IQ1_S Unsloth

6.2GB 14k cap

Runs comfortably

11 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

6 / 16GB

88 / 89 / 85

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 11 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 6/16GB

Qwen3.8-27B UD-Q2_K_XL Unsloth

9.8GB 9k cap

Runs comfortably

8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

10 / 16GB

88 / 89 / 85

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 10/16GB

Ornith-1.5-9B Q8_0

9.8GB 12k cap

Runs comfortably

8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

10 / 16GB

78 / 76 / 74

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 10/16GB

Ornith-1.5-9B Q6_K

7.6GB 16k cap

Runs comfortably

10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

8 / 16GB

78 / 76 / 74

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 8/16GB

Ornith-1.5-9B Q5_K_M

6.6GB 18k cap

Runs comfortably

11 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

7 / 16GB

78 / 76 / 74

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 11 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 7/16GB

Ornith-1.5-9B Q4_K_M

5.8GB 20k cap

Runs comfortably

12 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

6 / 16GB

78 / 76 / 74

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 12 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 6/16GB

Phi-4 14B Q4_K_M

8.5GB 16k ctx

Runs comfortably

9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

9 / 16GB

75 / 78 / 70

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 9/16GB

Qwen3 14B Q4_K_M

9.0GB 14k cap

Runs comfortably

8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

9 / 16GB

72 / 75 / 70

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 8 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 9/16GB

Gemma 4 12B Q4_K_M

7.2GB 19k cap

Runs comfortably

10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

7 / 16GB

70 / 74 / 72

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 7/16GB

Gemma 4 12B Q8_0

13.0GB 6k cap

Runs comfortably

6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

13 / 16GB

70 / 74 / 72

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 13/16GB

Qwen3 8B Q4_K_M

5.2GB 21k cap

Runs comfortably

13 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

5 / 16GB

67 / 70 / 65

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 13 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 5/16GB

Qwen3 8B Q8_0

8.5GB 15k cap

Runs comfortably

9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

9 / 16GB

67 / 70 / 65

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 9/16GB

Gemma 3 12B Q4_K_M

7.5GB 20k cap

Runs comfortably

10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

8 / 16GB

62 / 65 / 68

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 8/16GB

Gemma 3 12B Q8_0

13.5GB 5k cap

Runs comfortably

6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

14 / 16GB

62 / 65 / 68

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 14/16GB

Mistral Nemo 12B Q8_0

13.2GB 6k cap

Runs comfortably

6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

13 / 16GB

58 / 60 / 62

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 13/16GB

Mistral Nemo 12B Q4_K_M

7.3GB 21k cap

Runs comfortably

10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

7 / 16GB

58 / 60 / 62

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 10 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 7/16GB

Qwen3 4B Q4_K_M

2.6GB 32k ctx

Runs comfortably

24 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

3 / 16GB

58 / 60 / 56

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 24 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 3/16GB

Phi-4 Mini Q8_0

4.1GB 59k cap

Runs comfortably

19 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

4 / 16GB

55 / 58 / 52

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 19 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 4/16GB

Phi-4 Mini Q4_K_M

2.5GB 67k cap

Runs comfortably

28 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

3 / 16GB

55 / 58 / 52

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 28 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 3/16GB

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Q8_0

8.0GB 16k cap

Runs comfortably

9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

8 / 16GB

52 / 55 / 62

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 9 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 8/16GB

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Q4_K_M

4.5GB 23k cap

Runs comfortably

14 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

5 / 16GB

52 / 55 / 62

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 14 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 5/16GB

Gemma 3 4B Q8_0

5.0GB 36k cap

Runs comfortably

15 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

5 / 16GB

42 / 45 / 55

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 15 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 5/16GB

Gemma 3 4B Q4_K_M

3.0GB 43k cap

Runs comfortably

22 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

3 / 16GB

42 / 45 / 55

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 22 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 3/16GB

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct Q8_0

3.5GB 52k cap

Runs comfortably

20 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

4 / 16GB

35 / 38 / 50

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 20 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 4/16GB

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct Q4_K_M

2.0GB 58k cap

Runs comfortably

31 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

2 / 16GB

35 / 38 / 50

FIT Runs comfortably

SPEED 31 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 2/16GB

Runs tight

Gemma 4 26B A4B NVFP4

14.0GB 1k cap

Runs tight

18 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

14 / 16GB

85 / 88 / 84

FIT Runs tight

SPEED 18 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 14/16GB

Gemma 4 26B A4B Q4_K_M

13.0GB ctx headroom ~0

Runs tight

19 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

13 / 16GB

85 / 88 / 84

FIT Runs tight

SPEED 19 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 13/16GB

Qwen3 30B A3B Q4_K_M

15.5GB ctx headroom ~0

Runs tight

24 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

16 / 16GB

75 / 78 / 72

FIT Runs tight

SPEED 24 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 16/16GB

Phi-4 14B Q8_0

15.0GB 2k cap

Runs tight

6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

15 / 16GB

75 / 78 / 70

FIT Runs tight

SPEED 6 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 15/16GB

Qwen3 14B Q8_0

15.0GB 2k cap

Runs tight

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

15 / 16GB

72 / 75 / 70

FIT Runs tight

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 15/16GB

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct FP16

16.0GB ctx headroom ~0

Runs tight

5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

16 / 16GB

52 / 55 / 62

FIT Runs tight

SPEED 5 tok/s

ⓘ estimated

MEMORY 16/16GB

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