Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B Instruct on Intel N150 NAS (48 GB)

Can the Intel N150 NAS (48 GB) run Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B Instruct?

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q3_K_M it needs about 4.8 GB of 40.3 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 26.4 tok/s.

Best quant: Q3_K_M
Generation speed: 26.4 tok/s
Prompt processing: 46.8 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 21.9 s
Largest safe context: 32K

Best app to run it on the Intel N150 NAS (48 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 qwen2.5-coder:1.5b-instruct-q3_K_M

llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.
KoboldCpp

Want an agent? Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B Instruct 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 Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B Instruct

Recommended for the Intel N150 NAS (48 GB): Q3_K_M. 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 qwen2.5-coder:1.5b-instruct-q3_K_M

Quantized files · GGUF

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

Download the Q3_K_M file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF:Q3_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Instruct (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

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

github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-Coder (opens in a new tab)

Qwen’s coder repo, renamed from Qwen2.5-Coder to Qwen3-Coder.

git clone https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-Coder

Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 21Basic quality (D) · 21 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.: How capable the model itself is at Q3_K_M, 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 well: How well it runs on the Intel N150 NAS (48 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.	9.8 / 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.	12.2 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	2.8 / 15
Match score	49.8 / 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 N150 NAS (48 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	4.7 GB	40.3 GB	33.5 tok/s	Runs great	18Basic quality (D) · 18 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`	4.8 GB	40.3 GB	26.4 tok/s	Runs well	21Basic quality (D) · 21 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 (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	5.0 GB	40.3 GB	20.4 tok/s	Runs well	24Basic quality (D) · 24 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 (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	5.2 GB	40.3 GB	16.9 tok/s	Runs well	25Basic quality (D) · 25 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	5.3 GB	40.3 GB	14.2 tok/s	Runs well	25Basic quality (D) · 25 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.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	5.7 GB	40.3 GB	10.4 tok/s	Runs well	26Basic quality (D) · 26 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	7.1 GB	40.3 GB	4.8 tok/s	Slow	26Basic quality (D) · 26 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 45/100 (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

26Basic quality (D) · 26 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. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 F16 · 50.9 tok/s · Runs great
26Basic quality (D) · 26 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Intel Arc B580 F16 · 65.1 tok/s · Runs great
26Basic quality (D) · 26 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB F16 · 67.3 tok/s · Runs great
26Basic quality (D) · 26 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER F16 · 94.3 tok/s · Runs great
26Basic quality (D) · 26 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 59/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Pro (24 GB) F16 · 44.0 tok/s · Runs great
26Basic quality (D) · 26 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 58/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 (16 GB) Q8_0 · 41.9 tok/s · Runs great

Quick answers

How much memory does Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B Instruct need on the Intel N150 NAS 48GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 4.8 GB. The Intel N150 NAS 48GB has 40.3 GB usable.

How fast is Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B Instruct on the Intel N150 NAS 48GB?

About 26.4 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B Instruct should I use on the Intel N150 NAS 48GB?

Q3_K_M. 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.