Best local LLMs for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)

Each list assumes the context that task needs, so a model that fits for chat may rank lower for long documents.

General chat at 8K context

  1. 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B Q4_K_M · 31.5 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 E2B Q5_K_M · 45.0 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Spark-X2.6 4B Q4_K_M · 30.5 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nanbeige4.2 3B Q4_K_M · 30.0 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B Q3_K_M · 36.0 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Coding at 32K context

  1. 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B Q4_K_M · 31.5 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Spark-X2.6 4B Q4_K_M · 30.5 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM5 2B Q5_K_M · 41.0 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 E2B Q5_K_M · 45.0 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B Q3_K_M · 36.0 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Reasoning at 32K context

  1. 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B Q4_K_M · 31.5 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Spark-X2.6 4B Q4_K_M · 30.5 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM5 2B Q5_K_M · 41.0 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 4B Q4_K_M · 26.9 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 E2B Q5_K_M · 45.0 tok/s · Runs great

Documents (RAG) at 32K context

  1. 60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 E2B Q5_K_M · 45.0 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B Q3_K_M · 36.0 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. TMax 4B Q4_K_M · 29.7 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 E4B Q3_K_M · 36.0 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 4B Q4_K_M · 26.9 tok/s · Runs well

Agents & tools at 64K context

  1. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM5 2B Q5_K_M · 41.0 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Spark-X2.6 4B Q3_K_M · 39.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. TMax 4B Q4_K_M · 29.7 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. LFM3 1.7B Q6_K · 50.2 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Agents-A1 4B Q4_K_M · 27.6 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Reverse engineering at 32K context

  1. 60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 E2B Q5_K_M · 45.0 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B Q4_K_M · 31.5 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Spark-X2.6 4B Q4_K_M · 30.5 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM5 2B Q5_K_M · 41.0 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B Q3_K_M · 36.0 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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