Hardware · Samsung
What AI models can the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE run?
- RAM
- 8.0 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB – 512 GB
- One app can use
- 4.4 GB
- Memory bandwidth
- 85 GB/s
- FP16 compute
- 2.5 TFLOPS
- Released
- 2026
Every Galaxy S26 FE has 8 GB of RAM, whatever its storage (128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB). A model runs in RAM (the 8.0 GB here), not in storage. Storage (128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB on this version) only keeps the downloaded files, and even the smallest size has room for several. Android lets one app hold only part of the RAM before it closes the app, so we plan around 4.4 GB; a model bigger than that won’t run. Phone apps such as PocketPal AI download a model once, then run it with no connection.
More about this hardware
| Maker | Samsung |
|---|---|
| Type | Mobile device (system on a chip) |
| App share of memory | 55% (what one app can typically hold before the system closes it) |
| Chip | Exynos 2500 |
| RAM type | LPDDR5X |
| Versions sold | S26 FE: 8 GB RAM with 128 GB or 256 GB S26 FE (some markets): 8 GB RAM with 512 GB |
| Bandwidth figure | 85.3 GB/s, the chip’s rated memory speed (the phone maker publishes none) |
| Note | Exynos 2500 (Xclipse 950 GPU); 8 GB LPDDR5X. On sale since September 2026. |
| Maker’s specifications | www.samsung.com |
Apps that run models well on the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
Android
Best LLMs for the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B | Q4_K_M | 3.5 GB | 19.4 tok/s | Runs well |
| 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Gemma 4 E2B | Q4_K_M | 3.8 GB | 33.5 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Spark-X2.6 4B | Q4_K_M | 3.4 GB | 18.8 tok/s | Runs well |
| 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiniCPM5 2B | Q4_K_M | 2.5 GB | 30.6 tok/s | Runs great |
| 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nanbeige4.2 3B | Q3_K_M | 4.1 GB | 23.9 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | TMax 4B | Q4_K_M | 3.4 GB | 18.3 tok/s | Runs well |
| 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.5 4B | Q4_K_M | 3.7 GB | 16.5 tok/s | Runs well |
| 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Agents-A1 4B | Q4_K_M | 3.6 GB | 17.0 tok/s | Runs well |
| 55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 74/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Fara 1.5 4B | Q4_K_M | 3.6 GB | 17.0 tok/s | Runs well |
| 42Fair quality (C) · 42 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 74/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Unlimited OCR 2 (3B-A0.6B) | Q5_K_M | 3.5 GB | 77.4 tok/s | Runs great |
| 49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Q2_K | 3.9 GB | 28.1 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 4B Thinking 2507 | Q4_K_M | 4.3 GB | 19.2 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
Best Image models for the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
None of the image models in our catalog fit in this much memory.
Best Video models for the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
None of the video models in our catalog fit in this much memory.
Best Decision models for the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
None of the decision models in our catalog fit in this much memory.
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.