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Can I run North Mini Code 1.0 on Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra?

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No, not enough memory would not load

No. North Mini Code 1.0 needs ~21.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra only has ~8.5 GB usable.

Needs ~21.1 GB Device usable ~8.5 GB

Needs ~21.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~8.5 GB is usable.

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

The gap is about 12.6 GB: North Mini Code 1.0 needs roughly 21.1 GB at Q4_K_M and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra leaves only about 8.5 GB usable for a model. The lightest tracked hardware that runs North Mini Code 1.0 is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB) at 24 GB. See North Mini Code 1.0 on Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB).

Q4_K_M needed: ~21.1 GB
Usable on device: ~8.5 GB
Device memory: 12 GB

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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~8.5 GB usable

Q2_K

~14.9 GB

Q3_K_M

~17 GB

Q4_K_M

~21.1 GB

Q5_K_M

~23.8 GB

Q6_K

~27.1 GB

Q8_0

~34.1 GB

FP16

~63.1 GB

The line marks Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra'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 North

Parameters: 30.5B (MoE, 3B active)
Q4_K_M size: 19 GB
Q8_0 size: 32 GB
Context: 500k
Ollama tag: north-mini-code-1.0

Full North Mini Code 1.0 requirements →

Device Android

Memory: 12 GB ram
Usable for weights: ~8.5 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 North Mini Code 1.0 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 M4 Pro (48GB)

FAQ

Can Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra run North Mini Code 1.0?

No. North Mini Code 1.0 needs ~21.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra only has ~8.5 GB usable.

How much memory does North Mini Code 1.0 need?

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~19 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~21.1 GB at a 4k context. It is a Mixture-of-Experts model (30.5B total / 3B active), so all experts must stay in memory; memory tracks total params, not active params.

What is the best tool to run North Mini Code 1.0 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.