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Can I run GLM-4-32B-0414 on Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only)?

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No, not enough memory would not load

No. GLM-4-32B-0414 needs ~20.5 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) only has ~12 GB usable.

Needs ~20.5 GB Device usable ~12 GB

Needs ~20.5 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~12 GB is usable.

That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes.

The gap is about 8.5 GB: GLM-4-32B-0414 needs roughly 20.5 GB at Q4_K_M and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) leaves only about 12 GB usable for a model. The lightest tracked hardware that runs GLM-4-32B-0414 is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB) at 24 GB. See GLM-4-32B-0414 on Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB).

Q4_K_M needed: ~20.5 GB
Usable on device: ~12 GB
Device memory: 16 GB

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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~12 GB usable

Q2_K

~15.6 GB

Q3_K_M

~17.8 GB

Q4_K_M

~20.5 GB

Q5_K_M

~25 GB

Q6_K

~28.4 GB

Q8_0

~34.4 GB

FP16

~67.3 GB

The line marks Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only)'s ~12 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 GLM

Parameters: 32B
Q4_K_M size: 18.33 GB
Q8_0 size: 32.24 GB
Context: 32k

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Device Android

Memory: 16 GB ram
Usable for weights: ~12 GB
Power draw: ~8 W
Best runtime: llama.cpp (PocketPal) or MLC-LLM (Adreno GPU path)

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What you can run instead

Run GLM-4-32B-0414 on other hardware

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB)Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB)AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB)Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB)32GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only)Apple M5 (32GB)

FAQ

Can Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) run GLM-4-32B-0414?

No. GLM-4-32B-0414 needs ~20.5 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) only has ~12 GB usable.

How much memory does GLM-4-32B-0414 need?

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~18.33 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~20.5 GB at a 4k context.

What is the best tool to run GLM-4-32B-0414 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.