NorthCUA Nano on Intel Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U NAS (32 GB)

Can the Intel Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U NAS (32 GB) run NorthCUA Nano?

Barely: it runs very slowly

Very slow. At Q8_0 it needs about 12.9 GB of 26.2 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 0.2 tok/s.

Best quant: Q8_0
Generation speed: 0.2 tok/s
Prompt processing: 0.5 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 2,141.3 s
Largest safe context: 256K

Best app to run it on the Intel Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U NAS (32 GB)

On Linux

llama.cpp

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp

Usually the first to support new model architectures.

llama-server -hf mradermacher/NorthCUA-Nano-GGUF:Q8_0

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

Want an agent? NorthCUA Nano supports tool use, so you can pair a llama.cpp or MLX LM server with one of these. Apps that run on this computer come first.

Coding agents

Personal assistants

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 NorthCUA Nano

Recommended for the Intel Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U NAS (32 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/mradermacher/NorthCUA-Nano-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/mradermacher/NorthCUA-Nano-GGUF:Q8_0

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/beipo-ai/NorthCUA-Nano (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 52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (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 Very slow: How well it runs on the Intel Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U 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.	23.4 / 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.	1.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	11.4 / 15
Match score	60.8 / 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 Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U NAS (32 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	6.7 GB	26.2 GB	0.6 tok/s	Very slow	36Basic quality (D) · 36 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	7.6 GB	26.2 GB	0.4 tok/s	Very slow	43Fair quality (C) · 43 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 52/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	8.7 GB	26.2 GB	0.3 tok/s	Very slow	49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_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)
`Q5_K_M`	9.6 GB	26.2 GB	0.3 tok/s	Very slow	50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 57/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	10.7 GB	26.2 GB	0.2 tok/s	Very slow	51Fair quality (C) · 51 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 58/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	12.9 GB	26.2 GB	0.2 tok/s	Very slow	52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	21.8 GB	26.2 GB	0.1 tok/s	Very slow	52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (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

52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Q8_0 · 44.6 tok/s · Runs great
52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Q8_0 · 48.9 tok/s · Runs great
52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Q8_0 · 59.5 tok/s · Runs great
52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Q8_0 · 63.8 tok/s · Runs great
52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 F16 · 54.8 tok/s · Runs great
51Fair quality (C) · 51 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Q6_K · 45.6 tok/s · Runs great

Quick answers

How much memory does NorthCUA Nano need on the Intel Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U NAS 32GB?

At Q8_0 it needs about 12.9 GB. The Intel Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U NAS 32GB has 26.2 GB usable.

How fast is NorthCUA Nano on the Intel Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U NAS 32GB?

About 0.2 tok/s at Q8_0, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of NorthCUA Nano should I use on the Intel Celeron J1800 / N3710 / 3865U NAS 32GB?

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.