Trinity Mini (26B-A3B) on NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU

Can the NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU run Trinity Mini (26B-A3B)?

Yes, but slowly (heavy RAM offload)

Slow (heavy RAM offload). At Q4_K_M it needs about 17.0 GB of 6.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 30.7 tok/s.

Best quant: Q4_K_M
Generation speed: 30.7 tok/s
Prompt processing: 1,500 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 0.7 s
Largest safe context: —

Best app to run it on the NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU

On Windows

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open Trinity Mini (26B-A3B) in LM Studio

llama.cpp Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
Ollama Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.

On Linux

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX

Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open Trinity Mini (26B-A3B) in LM Studio

llama.cpp Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
Ollama Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.

Want an agent? Trinity Mini (26B-A3B) 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, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download Trinity Mini (26B-A3B)

Recommended for the NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU: Q4_K_M. 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 Q4_K_M file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/arcee-ai/Trinity-Mini-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/arcee-ai/Trinity-Mini-GGUF:Q4_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/arcee-ai/Trinity-Mini (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 62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q4_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 Slowheavy RAM offload: How well it runs on the NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU: 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.	28.2 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.	4.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	13.1 / 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	60.3 / 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 NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	11.5 GB	6.0 GB	53.9 tok/s	Slowheavy RAM offload	46Fair quality (C) · 46 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 54/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	13.9 GB	6.0 GB	40.9 tok/s	Slowheavy RAM offload	55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 58/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	17.0 GB	6.0 GB	30.7 tok/s	Slowheavy RAM offload	62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	19.6 GB	6.0 GB	24.9 tok/s	Slowheavy RAM offload	64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 59/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	22.5 GB	6.0 GB	—	Won't run	65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	28.8 GB	6.0 GB	—	Won't run	66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	53.3 GB	6.0 GB	—	Won't run	66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (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

66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M1 Max (64 GB) Q8_0 · 56.4 tok/s · Runs great
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Max (64 GB) Q8_0 · 71.4 tok/s · Runs great
65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Pro (48 GB) Q6_K · 53.8 tok/s · Runs great
65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Q6_K · 179 tok/s · Runs great
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell F16 · 98.2 tok/s · Runs great
65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Q6_K · 127 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Quick answers

How much memory does Trinity Mini (26B-A3B) need on the NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU 6GB?

At Q4_K_M it needs about 17.0 GB. The NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU 6GB has 6.0 GB usable.

How fast is Trinity Mini (26B-A3B) on the NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU 6GB?

About 30.7 tok/s at Q4_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Trinity Mini (26B-A3B) should I use on the NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU 6GB?

Q4_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.