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Can the Intel Atom C2538 NAS (16 GB) run Nous Hermes 2 Mistral 7B DPO?

33Basic quality (D) · 33 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 56/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Barely: it runs very slowly

Very slow. At Q6_K it needs about 8.6 GB of 12.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 0.5 tok/s.

Best quant
Q6_K
Generation speed
0.5 tok/s
Prompt processing
1.0 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
988.5 s
Largest safe context
32K

Best app to run it on the Intel Atom C2538 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 NousResearch/Nous-Hermes-2-Mistral-7B-DPO-GGUF: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 Nous Hermes 2 Mistral 7B DPO

Recommended for the Intel Atom C2538 NAS (16 GB): Q6_K. 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 Q6_K file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/NousResearch/Nous-Hermes-2-Mistral-7B-DPO-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/NousResearch/Nous-Hermes-2-Mistral-7B-DPO-GGUF:Q6_K

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/NousResearch/Nous-Hermes-2-Mistral-7B-DPO (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 33Basic quality (D) · 33 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 56/100 (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 C2538 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.15.1 / 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.1.7 / 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 score56.9 / 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 C2538 NAS (16 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 5.5 GB 12.0 GB 1.2 tok/s Very slow 23Basic quality (D) · 23 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 (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 6.2 GB 12.0 GB 1.0 tok/s Very slow 28Basic quality (D) · 28 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 7.1 GB 12.0 GB 0.8 tok/s Very slow 32Basic quality (D) · 32 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 55/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 7.8 GB 12.0 GB 0.6 tok/s Very slow 32Basic quality (D) · 32 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_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)
Q6_K 8.6 GB 12.0 GB 0.5 tok/s Very slow 33Basic quality (D) · 33 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 56/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 10.3 GB 12.0 GB 0.4 tok/s Very slowtight fit 34Basic quality (D) · 34 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 55/100 (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 34Basic quality (D) · 34 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 4/100 (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 Nous Hermes 2 Mistral 7B DPO need on the Intel Atom C2538 NAS 16GB?

At Q6_K it needs about 8.6 GB. The Intel Atom C2538 NAS 16GB has 12.0 GB usable.

How fast is Nous Hermes 2 Mistral 7B DPO on the Intel Atom C2538 NAS 16GB?

About 0.5 tok/s at Q6_K, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Nous Hermes 2 Mistral 7B DPO should I use on the Intel Atom C2538 NAS 16GB?

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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