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Can the Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS (32 GB) run LLaVA 1.6 Mistral 7B?

27Basic quality (D) · 27 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 48/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Barely: it runs very slowly

Very slow. At Q6_K it needs about 10.0 GB of 26.2 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 0.9 tok/s.

Best quant
Q6_K
Generation speed
0.9 tok/s
Prompt processing
2.4 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
430.6 s
Largest safe context
32K

Best app to run it on the Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS (32 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 llava:7b-v1.6-mistral-q6_K

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 LLaVA 1.6 Mistral 7B

Recommended for the Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS (32 GB): Q6_K. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

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 llava:7b-v1.6-mistral-q6_K

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/llava-hf/llava-v1.6-mistral-7b-hf (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

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

How it’s rated

Quality 27Basic quality (D) · 27 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 48/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at Q6_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 slow
How well it runs on the Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS (32 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.12.5 / 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.2.3 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.8.8 / 15
Match score48.5 / 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 C3538 / C3558 NAS (32 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 6.8 GB 26.2 GB 2.1 tok/s Very slow 19Basic quality (D) · 19 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q3_K_M 7.5 GB 26.2 GB 1.7 tok/s Very slow 23Basic quality (D) · 23 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 45/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q4_K_M 8.4 GB 26.2 GB 1.3 tok/s Very slow 26Basic quality (D) · 26 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q5_K_M 9.1 GB 26.2 GB 1.1 tok/s Very slow 27Basic quality (D) · 27 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q6_K 10.0 GB 26.2 GB 0.9 tok/s Very slow 27Basic quality (D) · 27 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 48/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
Q8_0 11.8 GB 26.2 GB 0.7 tok/s Very slow 28Basic quality (D) · 28 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.
F16 18.9 GB 26.2 GB 0.3 tok/s Very slow 28Basic quality (D) · 28 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 53/100 (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

Quick answers

How much memory does LLaVA 1.6 Mistral 7B need on the Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS 32GB?

At Q6_K it needs about 10.0 GB. The Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS 32GB has 26.2 GB usable.

How fast is LLaVA 1.6 Mistral 7B on the Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS 32GB?

About 0.9 tok/s at Q6_K, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of LLaVA 1.6 Mistral 7B should I use on the Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS 32GB?

Q6_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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