# Can I run Mistral Nemo 12B on Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config)?

> **Yes, it runs.** Runs at Q4_K_M using ~8.6 GB of ~12 GB usable.

Last validated: 2026-06-15.

## Memory math
- Mistral Nemo 12B: 12.2B; Q4_K_M weighs 6.96 GB on disk.
- At Q4_K_M with a 4k context it needs ~8.6 GB (weights + KV cache + ~0.8 GB runtime overhead, ±15% with context length).
- Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config): 16 GB ram, ~12 GB usable for model weights.
- Headroom: ~3.4 GB.

## How to run
Recommended quant: Q4_K_M. Best tool on Android: PocketPal AI.

## Run Mistral Nemo 12B on other devices
- [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-nemo-12b/nvidia-rtx-3060-12gb)
- [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-nemo-12b/nvidia-rtx-4070-12gb)
- [Apple M2 (16GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-nemo-12b/apple-m2-16gb)
- [Apple M4 (16GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-nemo-12b/apple-m4-16gb)
- [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (16GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-nemo-12b/nvidia-rtx-4060-ti-16gb)
- [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-nemo-12b/nvidia-rtx-4080-16gb)

## Other models that run on Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config)
- [Phi-4 14B (14B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/phi-4-14b/samsung-s26-ultra)
- [Qwen2.5 14B (14B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen2.5-14b/samsung-s26-ultra)
- [Qwen3 14B (14B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen3-14b/samsung-s26-ultra)
- [DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 14B (14B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b/samsung-s26-ultra)
- [Qwen2.5 Coder 14B (14B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/qwen2.5-coder-14b/samsung-s26-ultra)
- [Gemma 3 12B (12B)](https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/gemma-3-12b/samsung-s26-ultra)

Estimate, not a guarantee. Sources: https://ollama.com/library/mistral-nemo, https://ollama.com/library/mistral-nemo/tags, https://huggingface.co/bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF, https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407.
More: https://localmodel.run/can-i-run/mistral-nemo-12b/samsung-s26-ultra