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GL What hardware do you need to run GLM-4-9B-0414?

GLM-4-9B-0414 needs about 7.2 GB to run at Q4_K_M, so the lightest hardware that runs it is iPhone 17 Pro. 33 of 40 devices tested can run it.

Needs (Q4_K_M)
~7.2 GB
Devices that run it
33
Too small
7
Lightest that runs it
~8 GB
Recommended Q4_K_M

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~7.2 GB of ~10.5 GB usable.

What kind of hardware runs GLM-4-9B-0414

Of the 33 devices that run it, here is the split by hardware class.

9 discrete GPUs 13 Macs 2 laptops 9 phones

Hardware that runs GLM-4-9B-0414

Ranked by usable memory, lightest first. Prices are approximate street prices for the device itself (a GPU is the card alone; a Mac is the whole machine). Tok/s is a bandwidth estimate; see methodology.

Compatible devices 33 total

See the full GLM-4-9B-0414 memory breakdown, or compare it against other models.

Sources

Memory at Q4_K_M (7.2 GB = 5.74 GB weights + KV cache + overhead), validated 2026-08-03. See methodology.