Command A+ (218B-A25B) on Intel Xeon W-1250 / W-1270 NAS (128 GB)

Can the Intel Xeon W-1250 / W-1270 NAS (128 GB) run Command A+ (218B-A25B)?

Barely: it runs very slowly (tight fit)

Very slow (tight fit). At Q2_K it needs about 97.4 GB of 113 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 2.9 tok/s.

Best quant: Q2_K
Generation speed: 2.9 tok/s
Prompt processing: 11.0 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 93.1 s
Largest safe context: 195K

Best app to run it on the Intel Xeon W-1250 / W-1270 NAS (128 GB)

On Linux

llama.cpp

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp

Usually the first to support new model architectures.

llama-server -hf bartowski/command-a-plus-05-2026-GGUF:Q2_K

Ollama Runs the Hugging Face GGUF with ollama run hf.co/…
KoboldCpp

Want an agent? Command A+ (218B-A25B) supports tool use, so you can pair a llama.cpp or MLX LM server with one of these. Apps that run on this computer come first.

Coding agents

Personal assistants

How we choose: the files published for this model, which apps run in a container on a NAS without a graphics card (models run on its processor), and whether the model fits fully in the memory models can use. Details.

Download Command A+ (218B-A25B)

Recommended for the Intel Xeon W-1250 / W-1270 NAS (128 GB): Q2_K. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q2_K files (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/bartowski/command-a-plus-05-2026-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/bartowski/command-a-plus-05-2026-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/CohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16 (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 61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (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 W-1250 / W-1270 NAS (128 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.	27.7 / 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.	4.0 / 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	70.7 / 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 W-1250 / W-1270 NAS (128 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	97.4 GB	113 GB	2.9 tok/s	Very slowtight fit	61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	117 GB	113 GB	1.9 tok/s	Very slowover memory limit	73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	143 GB	113 GB	—	Won't run	83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	165 GB	113 GB	—	Won't run	85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	189 GB	113 GB	—	Won't run	87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	242 GB	113 GB	—	Won't run	88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	447 GB	113 GB	—	Won't run	88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (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

83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) Q4_K_M · 31.0 tok/s · Runs great
73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M2 Ultra (192 GB) Q3_K_M · 38.3 tok/s · Runs great
83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) Q4_K_M · 31.0 tok/s · Runs great
61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Q2_K · 99.6 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GB10 (128 GB) Q2_K · 20.6 tok/s · Runs well
61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (128 GB) Q2_K · 22.5 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Quick answers

How much memory does Command A+ (218B-A25B) need on the Intel Xeon W-1250 / W-1270 NAS 128GB?

At Q2_K it needs about 97.4 GB. The Intel Xeon W-1250 / W-1270 NAS 128GB has 113 GB usable.

How fast is Command A+ (218B-A25B) on the Intel Xeon W-1250 / W-1270 NAS 128GB?

About 2.9 tok/s at Q2_K, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Command A+ (218B-A25B) should I use on the Intel Xeon W-1250 / W-1270 NAS 128GB?

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.