Best local LLMs for the Intel Xeon W-1250 / W-1270 NAS (128 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. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B Q6_K · 3.3 tok/s · Slow
  3. 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. gpt-oss 120B MXFP4 · 9.0 tok/s · Slow
  4. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B Q4_K_M · 3.6 tok/s · Slow
  5. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 4.3 tok/s · Slow

Coding at 32K context

  1. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B Q6_K · 3.3 tok/s · Slow
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B Q4_K_M · 3.6 tok/s · Slow
  4. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 4.3 tok/s · Slow
  5. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 4.3 tok/s · Slow

Reasoning at 32K context

  1. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B Q6_K · 3.3 tok/s · Slow
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B Q4_K_M · 3.6 tok/s · Slow
  4. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 4.3 tok/s · Slow
  5. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 4.3 tok/s · Slow

Documents (RAG) at 32K context

  1. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. gpt-oss 120B MXFP4 · 9.0 tok/s · Slow
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B Q4_K_M · 3.6 tok/s · Slow
  4. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 4.3 tok/s · Slow
  5. 81Great quality (A) · 81 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. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking Q4_K_M · 14.0 tok/s · Runs well

Agents & tools at 64K context

  1. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B Q6_K · 3.3 tok/s · Slow
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B Q4_K_M · 3.6 tok/s · Slow
  4. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 4.3 tok/s · Slow
  5. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 4.3 tok/s · Slow

Reverse engineering at 32K context

  1. 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. gpt-oss 120B MXFP4 · 9.0 tok/s · Slow
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 11.6 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 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. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B Q6_K · 3.3 tok/s · Slow
  5. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B Q4_K_M · 3.6 tok/s · Slow

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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