Falcon-H1 7B Instruct on AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS (16 GB)

Can the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS (16 GB) run Falcon-H1 7B Instruct?

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q3_K_M it needs about 5.6 GB of 12.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 11.2 tok/s.

Best quant: Q3_K_M
Generation speed: 11.2 tok/s
Prompt processing: 29.6 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 34.5 s
Largest safe context: 145K

Best app to run it on the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS (16 GB)

On Linux

llama.cpp

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp

Usually the first to support new model architectures.

llama-server -hf tiiuae/Falcon-H1-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q3_K_M

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

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 Falcon-H1 7B Instruct

Recommended for the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS (16 GB): Q3_K_M. 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 Q3_K_M file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/tiiuae/Falcon-H1-7B-Instruct-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/tiiuae/Falcon-H1-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q3_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/tiiuae/Falcon-H1-7B-Instruct (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

Reference code, inference scripts and docs from TII. The weights themselves download from Hugging Face.

github.com/tiiuae/Falcon-H1 (opens in a new tab)

git clone https://github.com/tiiuae/Falcon-H1

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

How it’s rated

Quality 42Fair quality (C) · 42 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (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 Runs well: How well it runs on the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS (16 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.	18.9 / 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.	7.9 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	10.9 / 15
Match score	62.7 / 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 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS (16 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	5.0 GB	12.0 GB	14.2 tok/s	Runs well	35Basic quality (D) · 35 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 59/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	5.6 GB	12.0 GB	11.2 tok/s	Runs well	42Fair quality (C) · 42 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	6.6 GB	12.0 GB	8.6 tok/s	Slow	47Fair quality (C) · 47 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	7.3 GB	12.0 GB	7.1 tok/s	Slow	48Fair quality (C) · 48 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	8.2 GB	12.0 GB	6.0 tok/s	Slow	49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	10.0 GB	12.0 GB	4.4 tok/s	Slow	50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	17.1 GB	12.0 GB	—	Won't run	50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 6/100 (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

50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Q8_0 · 41.5 tok/s · Runs great
49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB Q6_K · 40.4 tok/s · Runs great
49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Intel Arc B580 Q6_K · 39.1 tok/s · Runs great
50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Q8_0 · 45.4 tok/s · Runs great
50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Q8_0 · 55.3 tok/s · Runs great
50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Q8_0 · 60.6 tok/s · Runs great

Quick answers

How much memory does Falcon-H1 7B Instruct need on the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS 16GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 5.6 GB. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS 16GB has 12.0 GB usable.

How fast is Falcon-H1 7B Instruct on the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS 16GB?

About 11.2 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Falcon-H1 7B Instruct should I use on the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U NAS 16GB?

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.