LFM2-VL 450M on UP Squared Pro 7000 (16 GB)

Can the UP Squared Pro 7000 (16 GB) run LFM2-VL 450M?

Yes, it runs great

Runs great. At Q8_0 it needs about 1.8 GB of 8.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 40.7 tok/s.

Best quant: Q8_0
Generation speed: 40.7 tok/s
Prompt processing: 1,564 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 0.7 s
Largest safe context: 32K

Best app to run it on the UP Squared Pro 7000 (16 GB)

On Windows

llama.cpp

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp

Supports Intel Arc through SYCL and Vulkan.
Usually the first to support new model architectures.

llama-server -hf LiquidAI/LFM2-VL-450M-GGUF:Q8_0

LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
Jan Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

On Linux

llama.cpp

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp

Supports Intel Arc through SYCL and Vulkan.
Usually the first to support new model architectures.

llama-server -hf LiquidAI/LFM2-VL-450M-GGUF:Q8_0

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Jan Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download LFM2-VL 450M

Recommended for the UP Squared Pro 7000 (16 GB): Q8_0. 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 Q8_0 file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2-VL-450M-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2-VL-450M-GGUF:Q8_0

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2-VL-450M (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 12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 50/100 (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 Runs great: How well it runs on the UP Squared Pro 7000 (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.	5.4 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when the model fits in the share of unified memory the GPU can use; 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.	15.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	5.2 / 15
Match score	50.6 / 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 UP Squared Pro 7000 (16 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	1.5 GB	8.0 GB	131 tok/s	Runs great	8Basic quality (D) · 8 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 48/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	1.6 GB	8.0 GB	103 tok/s	Runs great	10Basic quality (D) · 10 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	1.6 GB	8.0 GB	80.0 tok/s	Runs great	11Basic quality (D) · 11 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (Q4_0) (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	1.7 GB	8.0 GB	66.1 tok/s	Runs great	11Basic quality (D) · 11 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 50/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	1.7 GB	8.0 GB	55.5 tok/s	Runs great	11Basic quality (D) · 11 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_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)
`Q8_0`	1.8 GB	8.0 GB	40.7 tok/s	Runs great	12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 50/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	2.2 GB	8.0 GB	18.8 tok/s	Runs well	12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (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

12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 51/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 F16 · 174 tok/s · Runs great
12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 50/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 (16 GB) F16 · 66.1 tok/s · Runs great
12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M1 (16 GB) Q8_0 · 81.6 tok/s · Runs great
12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Intel Arc B580 F16 · 223 tok/s · Runs great
12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB F16 · 230 tok/s · Runs great
12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER F16 · 323 tok/s · Runs great

Quick answers

How much memory does LFM2-VL 450M need on the UP Squared Pro 7000 16GB?

At Q8_0 it needs about 1.8 GB. The UP Squared Pro 7000 16GB has 8.0 GB usable.

How fast is LFM2-VL 450M on the UP Squared Pro 7000 16GB?

About 40.7 tok/s at Q8_0, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of LFM2-VL 450M should I use on the UP Squared Pro 7000 16GB?

Q8_0. 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.