Hardware · Intel
What AI models can the Intel Core 3 304 / Core 5 320 NAS (12 GB) run?
- RAM
- 12.0 GB
- Usable for models
- 8.4 GB
- Memory bandwidth
- 51 GB/s
- Runs models on
- CPU cores
- Released
- 2026
A NAS with this chip runs models on its processor cores, so memory speed sets the pace: small models (about 1-4B) answer at a usable speed, bigger ones are slow. We plan around 8.4 GB for models, what is left after the NAS system and its storage services. Models run in a container (Docker) or the maker’s app store, and speeds assume the NAS isn’t busy with storage work.
More about this hardware
| Maker | Intel |
|---|---|
| Type | NAS (network attached storage) processor |
| Share of memory for models | 70% (what the NAS system and its storage services typically leave free at this size) |
| Chip | Intel Core 3 304 / Core 5 320 |
| AI accelerator | Integrated graphics; NAS systems normally run models on the processor cores. |
| NAS models with this chip | Beelink ME Pro 2-Bay AI NAS (Intel Core 3 304, Wildcat Lake) · Minisforum AI NAS S5-304 · Minisforum AI NAS S5 |
| Memory type | System RAM, shared with the NAS operating system and its storage services |
| Bandwidth figure | 51.2 GB/s, estimated, see the note below |
| Note | One profile for every NAS built on this chip. Memory speed is an estimate from the chip’s supported memory in a typical NAS fitting; a unit with one memory module runs slower than one with two. Speed assumes the NAS is not busy with storage work. |
| Specifications | www.bee-link.com |
Apps that run models well on the Intel Core 3 304 / Core 5 320 NAS (12 GB)
1 product with the Intel Core 3 304 / Core 5 320 NAS (12 GB)
AI NAS S5-304Minisforum · NAS · 12 GB · $599Product page (opens in a new tab)
Best LLMs for the Intel Core 3 304 / Core 5 320 NAS (12 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57Good quality (B) · 57 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. | Ling 3.0 Tiny (8B-A1.3B) | Q4_K_M | 6.3 GB | 32.8 tok/s | Runs great |
| 76Great quality (A) · 76 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. | K2 Horizon 7B | Q4_K_M | 8.0 GB | 5.3 tok/s | Slowtight fit |
| 75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B | Q5_K_M | 8.2 GB | 4.2 tok/s | Slowtight fit |
| 66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Q4_K_M | 6.3 GB | 10.7 tok/s | Runs well |
| 74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | SenseNova Loop 9B Preview | Q4_K_M | 7.6 GB | 5.0 tok/s | Slowtight fit |
| 74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Ornith 1.5 9B | Q5_K_M | 8.4 GB | 4.1 tok/s | Slowtight fit |
| 70Great quality (A) · 70 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | TMax 9B | Q4_K_M | 7.0 GB | 5.4 tok/s | Slow |
| 73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.5 9B | Q5_K_M | 8.4 GB | 4.1 tok/s | Slowtight fit |
| 58Good quality (B) · 58 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. | Mellum2.1 Thinking (12B-A2.5B) | Q3_K_M | 7.3 GB | 23.0 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 64Good quality (B) · 64 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. | Gemma 4 E4B | Q4_K_M | 6.3 GB | 10.7 tok/s | Runs well |
| 64Good quality (B) · 64 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. | Nanbeige4.2 3B | Q4_K_M | 5.3 GB | 11.5 tok/s | Runs well |
| 72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Ornith 1.0 9B | Q5_K_M | 8.4 GB | 4.1 tok/s | Slowtight fit |
Best Image models for the Intel Core 3 304 / Core 5 320 NAS (12 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX 3 Image Klein | FP8 | 7.9 GB | 8.8 min | Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use |
| 76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 74/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B | FP8 | 6.2 GB | 1.5 min | Slowencoder unloaded after use |
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Z-Image Turbo | Q4 GGUF | 6.1 GB | 5.1 min | Very slowencoder unloaded after use |
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [klein] 9B | Q4 GGUF | 8.0 GB | 3.7 min | Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use |
| 79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | ERNIE-Image Turbo | Q4 GGUF | 7.4 GB | 6.6 min | Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use |
| 81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | ERNIE-Image | Q4 GGUF | 7.4 GB | 45.3 min | Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use |
Best Video models for the Intel Core 3 304 / Core 5 320 NAS (12 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-Video 2B | FP8 | 6.1 GB | 38.6 min | Slowencoder unloaded after use |
| 74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 59/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | HY-OmniWeaving (8.3B, unified video) | FP8 | 7.8 GB | 16.9 h | Very slowtight fit · CPU offload |
| 53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 58/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3B | FP8 | 7.1 GB | 6.2 h | Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use |
| 53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 58/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Wan 2.1 VACE 1.3B | FP8 | 8.0 GB | 6.7 h | Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use |
| 35Basic quality (D) · 35 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 58/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | AnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5) | FP16 | 4.7 GB | 32.7 min | Slow |
Best Decision models for the Intel Core 3 304 / Core 5 320 NAS (12 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | OpenAI Privacy Filter | F16 | 3.8 GB | 77 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3.5 | Q8_0 | 2.1 GB | 1.4 s | Very slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 Reranker 4B | Q8_0 | 5.8 GB | 9.5 s | Very slow |
| 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | GLiNER2.5 Decide | Q8_0 | 1.2 GB | 624 ms | Slow |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3 | Q8_0 | 2.1 GB | 1.4 s | Very slow |
| 68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M | Q8_0 | 0.7 GB | 184 ms | Runs well |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | zerank-2 | Q8_0 | 5.8 GB | 9.5 s | Very slow |
| 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FRIDA-Decisions | Q8_0 | 1.7 GB | 1.0 s | Slow |
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.