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Can the UP Squared Pro 7000 (4 GB) run LFM2.5 2.6B?

30Basic quality (D) · 30 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs well (tight fit)

Runs well (tight fit). At Q2_K it needs about 2.0 GB of 2.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 21.9 tok/s.

Best quant
Q2_K
Generation speed
21.9 tok/s
Prompt processing
261 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
3.9 s
Largest safe context
9K

Best app to run it on the UP Squared Pro 7000 (4 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/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF:Q2_K
  • 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/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF:Q2_K
  • LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
  • 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 LFM2.5 2.6B

Quantized files · GGUF

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

huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

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

github.com/Liquid4All/cookbook (opens in a new tab)

Liquid AI’s official cookbook for running LFM models.

git clone https://github.com/Liquid4All/cookbook

Links checked 2 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 30Basic quality (D) · 30 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (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 Runs welltight fit
How well it runs on the UP Squared Pro 7000 (4 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.13.9 / 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.24.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.11.1 / 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 score64.0 / 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 (4 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 2.0 GB 2.0 GB 21.9 tok/s Runs welltight fit 30Basic quality (D) · 30 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 2.2 GB 2.0 GB 14.7 tok/s Slowfar over GPU memory limit 36Basic quality (D) · 36 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 44/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 2.5 GB 2.0 GB — Won't run 41Fair quality (C) · 41 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 5/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 2.8 GB 2.0 GB — Won't run 42Fair quality (C) · 42 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 5/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 3.1 GB 2.0 GB — Won't run 43Fair quality (C) · 43 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 5/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 3.8 GB 2.0 GB — Won't run 44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 5/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 6.3 GB 2.0 GB — Won't run 44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 5/100 (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 LFM2.5 2.6B need on the UP Squared Pro 7000 4GB?

At Q2_K it needs about 2.0 GB. The UP Squared Pro 7000 4GB has 2.0 GB usable.

How fast is LFM2.5 2.6B on the UP Squared Pro 7000 4GB?

About 21.9 tok/s at Q2_K, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of LFM2.5 2.6B should I use on the UP Squared Pro 7000 4GB?

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.

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