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Can I run Granite 4.1 30B on Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only)?

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No, not enough memory would not load

No. Granite 4.1 30B needs ~19.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) only has ~12 GB usable.

Needs ~19.1 GB Device usable ~12 GB

Needs ~19.1 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 7.1 GB: Granite 4.1 30B needs roughly 19.1 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 Granite 4.1 30B is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB) at 24 GB. See Granite 4.1 30B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB).

Q4_K_M needed: ~19.1 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

~14.2 GB

Q3_K_M

~16.2 GB

Q4_K_M

~19.1 GB

Q5_K_M

~22.7 GB

Q6_K

~25.8 GB

Q8_0

~33.1 GB

FP16

~60.1 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 Granite

Parameters: 28.9B
Q4_K_M size: 17 GB
Q8_0 size: 31 GB
Context: 128k
Ollama tag: granite4.1:30b

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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 Granite 4.1 30B 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 Granite 4.1 30B?

No. Granite 4.1 30B needs ~19.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) only has ~12 GB usable.

How much memory does Granite 4.1 30B need?

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~17 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~19.1 GB at a 4k context.

What is the best tool to run Granite 4.1 30B 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.