Hardware guide · Ornith
OR What hardware do you need to run Ornith 1.0 9B?
Ornith 1.0 9B needs about 7.1 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)
- ~7.1 GB
- Devices that run it
- 33
- Too small
- 7
- Lightest that runs it
- ~8 GB
Recommended Q4_K_M
Apple M2 (16GB) Yes
Runs at Q4_K_M using ~7.1 GB of ~10.5 GB usable.
What kind of hardware runs Ornith 1.0 9B
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 Ornith 1.0 9B
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
- TightiPhone 17 Pro from $1,099~8 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~7 tok/s est.
- TightiPhone Air from $999~8 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~7 tok/s est.
- YesSamsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from $1,299~8.5 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~7 tok/s est.
- YesGeneric Android Phone (12GB RAM)~8.5 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB
- YesApple M2 (16GB) from $1,199~10.5 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~14 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 (16GB) from $999~10.5 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~17 tok/s est.
- YesGoogle Pixel 9 Pro from $999~10.5 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~6 tok/s est.
- YesApple M5 (16GB) from $1,099~10.5 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~22 tok/s est.
- YesGoogle Pixel 10 Pro from $999~10.5 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~6 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) from $329~11 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~42 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB) from $599~11 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~59 tok/s est.
- YesApple M3 Pro (18GB) from $1,299~12 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~14 tok/s est.
- Yes16GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) from $750~12 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~8 tok/s est.
- YesiPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config) from $1,599~12 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~11 tok/s est.
- YesSamsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) from $1,619~12 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~8 tok/s est.
- YesSamsung Galaxy S26 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config) from $1,299~12 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~8 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (16GB) from $499~15 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~33 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB) from $1,199~15 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~83 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 (24GB) from $1,299~16 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~17 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 Pro (24GB) from $1,999~16 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~39 tok/s est.
- YesApple M5 (32GB) from $1,299~21 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~22 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB) from $1,599~23 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~117 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB) from $1,499~23 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~109 tok/s est.
- YesAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB) from $999~23 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~111 tok/s est.
- Yes32GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) from $1,100~28 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~8 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB) from $1,999~31 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~208 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 Pro (48GB) from $2,399~32 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~39 tok/s est.
- YesApple M5 Pro (48GB) from $2,199~32 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~44 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 Max (64GB) from $3,499~48 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~78 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 Max (128GB) from $3,499~96 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~78 tok/s est.
- YesAMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB) from $3,999~96 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~30 tok/s est.
- YesApple M5 Max (128GB) from $3,599~96 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~88 tok/s est.
- YesApple M3 Ultra (256GB) from $3,999~192 GB usable · uses ~7.1 GB · ~117 tok/s est.
Too small for Ornith 1.0 9B
See the full Ornith 1.0 9B memory breakdown, or compare it against other models.
Sources
Memory at Q4_K_M (7.1 GB = 5.6 GB weights + KV cache + overhead), validated 2026-08-03. See methodology.