Qwen1.5 MoE A2.7B Chat on Intel Core i7-14700 NAS (16 GB)

Can the Intel Core i7-14700 NAS (16 GB) run Qwen1.5 MoE A2.7B Chat?

Yes, it runs great

Runs great. At Q3_K_M it needs about 10.2 GB of 12.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 38.4 tok/s.

Best quant: Q3_K_M
Generation speed: 38.4 tok/s
Prompt processing: 200 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 5.1 s
Largest safe context: 8K

Download Qwen1.5 MoE A2.7B Chat

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen1.5-MoE-A2.7B-Chat (opens in a new tab)

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

How it’s rated

Quality 20Basic quality (D) · 20 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (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 great: How well it runs on the Intel Core i7-14700 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.	9.1 / 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.	14.7 / 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 score	63.8 / 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 Core i7-14700 NAS (16 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	8.9 GB	12.0 GB	47.5 tok/s	Runs great	16Basic quality (D) · 16 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	10.2 GB	12.0 GB	38.4 tok/s	Runs great	20Basic quality (D) · 20 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	11.9 GB	12.0 GB	30.5 tok/s	Runs welltight fit	22Basic quality (D) · 22 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 62/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	13.3 GB	12.0 GB	21.7 tok/s	Slowfar over memory limit	23Basic quality (D) · 23 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 40/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	14.9 GB	12.0 GB	—	Won't run	23Basic quality (D) · 23 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 3/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	18.3 GB	12.0 GB	—	Won't run	24Basic quality (D) · 24 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 3/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	31.8 GB	12.0 GB	—	Won't run	24Basic quality (D) · 24 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 3/100 (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

24Basic quality (D) · 24 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Q8_0 · 111 tok/s · Runs great
24Basic quality (D) · 24 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Max (64 GB) F16 · 41.1 tok/s · Runs great
24Basic quality (D) · 24 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Q8_0 · 119 tok/s · Runs great
24Basic quality (D) · 24 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Q8_0 · 124 tok/s · Runs great
23Basic quality (D) · 23 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Q5_K_M · 120 tok/s · Runs great
23Basic quality (D) · 23 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Pro (24 GB) Q5_K_M · 67.5 tok/s · Runs great

Quick answers

How much memory does Qwen1.5 MoE A2.7B Chat need on the Intel Core i7-14700 NAS 16GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 10.2 GB. The Intel Core i7-14700 NAS 16GB has 12.0 GB usable.

How fast is Qwen1.5 MoE A2.7B Chat on the Intel Core i7-14700 NAS 16GB?

About 38.4 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Qwen1.5 MoE A2.7B Chat should I use on the Intel Core i7-14700 NAS 16GB?

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.