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Can the Intel Atom C5125 NAS (128 GB) run EXAONE Deep 7.8B?

47Fair quality (C) · 47 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 53/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, but slowly

Slow. At Q3_K_M it needs about 14.5 GB of 113 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 3.3 tok/s.

Best quant
Q3_K_M
Generation speed
3.3 tok/s
Prompt processing
9.6 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
106.8 s
Largest safe context
32K

Best app to run it on the Intel Atom C5125 NAS (128 GB)

On Linux

Ollama

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp (ggml), MLX (Apple silicon, preview)

  • One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.
  • Serves an OpenAI-compatible API that other apps and coding tools can use.
ollama run exaone-deep:7.8b

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 EXAONE Deep 7.8B

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run exaone-deep:7.8b

Quantized files · GGUF

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

huggingface.co/LGAI-EXAONE/EXAONE-Deep-7.8B-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/LGAI-EXAONE/EXAONE-Deep-7.8B-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/LGAI-EXAONE/EXAONE-Deep-7.8B (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 47Fair quality (C) · 47 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 53/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at Q3_K_M, 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 Slow
How well it runs on the Intel Atom C5125 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.21.2 / 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.25.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.4.3 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.3.0 / 15
Match score53.5 / 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 Atom C5125 NAS (128 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 13.8 GB 113 GB 4.2 tok/s Slow 39Basic quality (D) · 39 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 50/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 14.5 GB 113 GB 3.3 tok/s Slow 47Fair quality (C) · 47 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 53/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 15.5 GB 113 GB 2.6 tok/s Very slow 53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 55/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 16.2 GB 113 GB 2.1 tok/s Very slow 54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 56/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 17.1 GB 113 GB 1.8 tok/s Very slow 55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 56/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 19.0 GB 113 GB 1.3 tok/s Very slow 56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 56/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 26.3 GB 113 GB 0.6 tok/s Very slow 56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 57/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab) 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

Quick answers

How much memory does EXAONE Deep 7.8B need on the Intel Atom C5125 NAS 128GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 14.5 GB. The Intel Atom C5125 NAS 128GB has 113 GB usable.

How fast is EXAONE Deep 7.8B on the Intel Atom C5125 NAS 128GB?

About 3.3 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of EXAONE Deep 7.8B should I use on the Intel Atom C5125 NAS 128GB?

Q3_K_M. 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.

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