BGE Reranker v2 M3 on Apple iPhone 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max

Can the Apple iPhone 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max run BGE Reranker v2 M3?

No, it doesn’t fit (no mobile app for it)

No. BGE Reranker v2 M3 needs about 1.3 GB even at Q8_0; the Apple iPhone 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max has 7.2 GB usable.

Download BGE Reranker v2 M3

Recommended: Q8_0. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in llama.cpp (llama-server --rerank), Lemonade and other llama.cpp servers with a rerank endpoint. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q8_0 file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/gpustack/bge-reranker-v2-m3-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

llama-server -hf gpustack/bge-reranker-v2-m3-GGUF:Q8_0 --rerank

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from BAAI, for Transformers, Sentence Transformers, Text Embeddings Inference, Infinity or vLLM.

huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3 (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

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

How it’s rated

Quality 72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 9/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q8_0, 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 Won't runno mobile app for it: How well it runs on the Apple iPhone 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max: 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.

PrecisionEditorial precision tier from the model’s published benchmarks, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	9.7 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.	0.0 / 25
SpeedTime for one decision against a 100 ms target: reading the input plus any tokens the model writes.	0.0 / 15
ClarityHow easy the answer is to use in code: a probability or score earns the most, written feedback before a score the least.	0.0 / 15
Match score	9.7 / 100

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

It doesn’t fit, so only a reduced share of the quality points counts and fit, speed and memory use score zero.

Every quantization on the Apple iPhone 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q8_0`	1.3 GB	7.2 GB	—	Won't runno mobile app for it	72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 9/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	1.9 GB	7.2 GB	—	Won't runno mobile app for it	72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 9/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Times are for one request with a 512-token input. Batching servers process many requests at once.

Hardware that can run it

72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX F16 · 8.8 ms · Runs great
72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT F16 · 10 ms · Runs great
72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (128 GB) F16 · 14 ms · Runs great
72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M1 Max (64 GB) F16 · 61 ms · Runs great
72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M2 Ultra (192 GB) F16 · 26 ms · Runs great
72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) F16 · 25 ms · Runs great

Models that do run on the Apple iPhone 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max

Quick answers

How much memory does BGE Reranker v2 M3 need on the iPhone 17 Pro?

Even at Q8_0 it needs about 1.3 GB; the iPhone 17 Pro has 7.2 GB usable.

What hardware can run BGE Reranker v2 M3?

RX 7900 XTX 24GB, RX 9070 XT 16GB and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB run it; the page lists more, each with its speed.

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.