Dell Pro Max 16 Plus Laptop

Configurations

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Specifications 8.0 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus Laptop 8.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	IOK2 Horizon 7BInstitute of Foundation Models	Q4_K_M	7.7 GB	61.1 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	XMiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi	Q5_K_M	7.9 GB	48.3 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	STSenseNova Loop 9B PreviewSenseTime	Q4_K_M	7.4 GB	56.9 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	DROrnith 1.5 9BDeepReinforce	Q4_K_M	7.2 GB	57.0 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A70Great quality (A) · 70 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ATMax 9BAi2	Q4_K_M	6.7 GB	61.4 tok/s	Runs great
A72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba	Q4_K_M	7.2 GB	57.0 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A71Great quality (A) · 71 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	DROrnith 1.0 9BDeepReinforce	Q4_K_M	7.2 GB	57.0 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
B68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4BNVIDIA	Q8_0	5.7 GB	70.3 tok/s	Runs great
B69Good quality (B) · 69 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Gemma 4 12BGoogle	Q3_K_M	7.5 GB	59.4 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
B67Good quality (B) · 67 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BZNanbeige4.2 3BBOSS Zhipin (Nanbeige)	Q6_K	5.9 GB	91.5 tok/s	Runs great

Best Image models for the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus Laptop 8.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	Q4 GGUF	6.1 GB	10 s	Runs greatencoder in RAM
A77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	Q8 GGUF	6.4 GB	3.8 s	Runs greatencoder in RAM
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs	Q4 GGUF	5.7 GB	23 s	Runs wellencoder in RAM
A79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BERNIE-Image TurboBaidu	Q4 GGUF	7.4 GB	13 s	Runs welltight fit · encoder in RAM
B56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LDreamShaper XL v2 TurboLykon	FP8	5.6 GB	3.7 s	Runs great
B60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	RDJuggernaut XL v9RunDiffusion	FP8	5.6 GB	13 s	Runs great

Best Video models for the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus Laptop 8.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
C49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-Video 2BLightricks	FP8	6.1 GB	75 s	Runs greatencoder in RAM
C44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZACogVideoX 2BZhipu AI	FP8	6.2 GB	3.0 min	Runs greatencoder in RAM
D35Basic quality (D) · 35 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SAAnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5)Shanghai AI Lab	FP16	4.7 GB	64 s	Runs great
C53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba	FP8	7.1 GB	12.0 min	Slowtight fit · encoder in RAM
C53Fair quality (C) · 53 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.	ZACogVideoX 5BZhipu AI	FP8	5.9 GB	11.1 min	Runs wellCPU offload

Best Decision models for the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus Laptop 8.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JAJina Reranker v3.5Jina AI	F16	2.4 GB	33 ms	Runs great
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JAJina Reranker v3Jina AI	F16	2.4 GB	33 ms	Runs great
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SAIntern-Decision 4BShanghai AI Lab	Q8_0	5.9 GB	111 ms	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LAd1 3BLiquid AI	Q8_0	4.3 GB	78 ms	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Mmxbai-rerank-large v2Mixedbread	F16	4.1 GB	78 ms	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3 Reranker 4BAlibaba	Q8_0	5.6 GB	180 ms	Runs well
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SAFRIDA-DecisionsSber AI	F16	2.4 GB	25 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	FGLiNER2.5 DecideFastino	F16	1.7 GB	16 ms	Runs great

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