Apertus v1.5 70B on Intel Xeon D-1700 series NAS (48 GB)

Can the Intel Xeon D-1700 series NAS (48 GB) run Apertus v1.5 70B?

Barely: it runs very slowly (tight fit)

Very slow (tight fit). At Q2_K it needs about 35.3 GB of 40.3 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 1.0 tok/s.

Best quant: Q2_K
Generation speed: 1.0 tok/s
Prompt processing: 4.0 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 254.3 s
Largest safe context: 22K

Download Apertus v1.5 70B

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Swiss AI, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/swiss-ai/Apertus-v1.5-70B (opens in a new tab)

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Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 46Fair quality (C) · 46 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q2_K, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Very slowtight fit: How well it runs on the Intel Xeon D-1700 series NAS (48 GB): speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	20.8 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when the model fits in the share of the NAS’s memory that models can use (the rest stays with the NAS system and its storage services); fewer when it goes past that limit.	24.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	2.3 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	15.0 / 15
Match score	62.1 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the Intel Xeon D-1700 series NAS (48 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	35.3 GB	40.3 GB	1.0 tok/s	Very slowtight fit	46Fair quality (C) · 46 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	41.8 GB	40.3 GB	0.6 tok/s	Very slowover memory limit	55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 51/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	50.4 GB	40.3 GB	—	Won't run	62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	57.6 GB	40.3 GB	—	Won't run	64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	65.6 GB	40.3 GB	—	Won't run	65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	82.8 GB	40.3 GB	—	Won't run	66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	151 GB	40.3 GB	—	Won't run	66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Q4_K_M · 30.5 tok/s · Runs great
55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Max (64 GB) Q3_K_M · 10.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M2 Ultra (192 GB) Q4_K_M · 11.7 tok/s · Runs well
62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) Q4_K_M · 12.0 tok/s · Runs well
55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Max (128 GB) Q3_K_M · 10.4 tok/s · Runs well
62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) Q4_K_M · 12.0 tok/s · Runs well

Quick answers

How much memory does Apertus v1.5 70B need on the Intel Xeon D-1700 series NAS 48GB?

At Q2_K it needs about 35.3 GB. The Intel Xeon D-1700 series NAS 48GB has 40.3 GB usable.

How fast is Apertus v1.5 70B on the Intel Xeon D-1700 series NAS 48GB?

About 1.0 tok/s at Q2_K, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Apertus v1.5 70B should I use on the Intel Xeon D-1700 series NAS 48GB?

Q2_K. Of the versions that fit, it is the one that runs best; when two run equally well, the check prefers the higher-rated one.

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.