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Can I run Falcon3 10B on Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM)?

Compatibility verdict VRAM threshold engine
Yes, it runs slow on this hardware

Yes. Falcon3 10B runs on Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) at Q4_K_M (~7.5 GB of ~8.5 GB usable).

Needs ~7.5 GB Device usable ~8.5 GB

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~7.5 GB of ~8.5 GB usable.

That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes. Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) leaves ~1 GB of headroom.

Q4_K_M needed
~7.5 GB
Usable on device
~8.5 GB
Device memory
12 GB
Best quant
Q4_K_M
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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~8.5 GB usable
Q2_K
~5.8 GB
Q3_K_M
~6.5 GB
Q4_K_M
~7.5 GB
Q5_K_M
~8.7 GB
Q6_K
~9.8 GB
Q8_0
~11.8 GB
FP16
~21.6 GB
The line marks Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM)'s ~8.5 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.

How to run it

On Android use PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.).

Model Falcon
Parameters
10B
Q4_K_M size
5.86 GB
Q8_0 size
10.2 GB
Context
32k
Ollama tag
falcon3:10b
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Device Android
Memory
12 GB ram
Usable for weights
~8.5 GB
Best runtime
llama.cpp (PocketPal) or MLC-LLM
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FAQ

Can Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) run Falcon3 10B?

Yes. Falcon3 10B runs on Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) at Q4_K_M (~7.5 GB of ~8.5 GB usable).

How much memory does Falcon3 10B need?

Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) has room to spare. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~5.86 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~7.5 GB at a 4k context.

What is the best tool to run Falcon3 10B on Android?

On Android, PocketPal AI (Polished app, download GGUF and run offline.) is the go-to option. NPU acceleration is limited and chip-specific; most apps run on CPU. Expect 1B-4B class.

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Sources

Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.