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LF What hardware do you need to run LFM3-1.7B?

LFM3-1.7B needs about 2.1 GB to run at Q4_K_M, so the lightest hardware that runs it is iPhone 15 Pro. 49 of 49 devices tested can run it.

Needs (Q4_K_M)
~2.1 GB
Devices that run it
49
Too small
0
Lightest that runs it
~4.5 GB
Recommended Q4_K_M
iPhone 15 Pro Yes

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~2.1 GB of ~4.5 GB usable. You have room for FP16 for higher quality.

What kind of hardware runs LFM3-1.7B

Of the 49 devices that run it, here is the split by hardware class.

18 discrete GPUs 14 Macs 3 laptops 14 phones

Hardware that runs LFM3-1.7B

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 49 total

See the full LFM3-1.7B memory breakdown, or compare it against other models.

Sources

Memory at Q4_K_M (2.1 GB = 1.02 GB weights + KV cache + overhead), Catalog updated 2026-11-01. See methodology.