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Can I run GLM-4 9B on Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only)?

Compatibility verdict VRAM threshold engine
Yes, it runs slow on this hardware ~7 tok/s est.

Yes. GLM-4 9B runs on Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) at Q4_K_M (~7.3 GB of ~12 GB usable).

Needs ~7.3 GB Device usable ~12 GB

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~7.3 GB of ~12 GB usable. You have room for Q8_0 for higher quality.

That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) leaves ~4.7 GB of headroom, room to step up to Q8_0 for higher quality.

Q4_K_M needed
~7.3 GB
Usable on device
~12 GB
Device memory
16 GB
Best quant
Q4_K_M
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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~12 GB usable
Q2_K
~5.3 GB
Q3_K_M
~5.9 GB
Q4_K_M
~7.3 GB
Q5_K_M
~7.9 GB
Q6_K
~8.9 GB
Q8_0
~10.8 GB
FP16
~19.5 GB
The line marks Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only)'s ~12 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.

Running cost · estimate

Power & economics est.
Power draw
~8 W
Electricity / 1M tokens
~$0.05
Pays for itself after
~3,598M tok

At ~$0.15/kWh and the estimated ~7 tok/s, a million generated tokens costs about $0.05 in electricity. Versus a hosted API at ~$0.5 per million tokens, the ~$1,619 Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) pays for itself after roughly 3,598 million tokens, so local hardware is mostly a fixed cost, not a per-token one. TDP is the peak draw, so this is an upper bound. Assumptions.

How to run it

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

Model GLM
Parameters
9B
Q4_K_M size
5.82 GB
Q8_0 size
9.31 GB
Context
128k
Ollama tag
glm4:9b
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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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FAQ

Can Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) run GLM-4 9B?

Yes. GLM-4 9B runs on Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) at Q4_K_M (~7.3 GB of ~12 GB usable).

How much memory does GLM-4 9B need?

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) has room to spare. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~5.82 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~7.3 GB at a 4k context.

What is the best tool to run GLM-4 9B 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.