45HomeLab X4 (45HomeLab x Unraid)

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45HomeLab X4 (45HomeLab x Unraid)

Processor
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 / 7 265 / 9 285 (desktop)
Memory (RAM)
8, 16, 32 or 64 GB
Launch price
$1,200
Released
2026

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Configurations

Pick one to see which models it runs. More memory lets larger models fit; bandwidth sets how fast they answer.

Configuration Memory Usable for AI Bandwidth LLMs that run well Launch price
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 / 7 265 / 9 285 (desktop) 8.0 GB 5.2 GB 90 GB/s 260 of 622 $1,200
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 / 7 265 / 9 285 (desktop) 16.0 GB 12.0 GB 90 GB/s 342 of 622 —
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 / 7 265 / 9 285 (desktop) 32.0 GB 26.2 GB 90 GB/s 381 of 622 —
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 / 7 265 / 9 285 (desktop) 64.0 GB 54.4 GB 90 GB/s 405 of 622 —

Specifications 8.0 GB configuration

Maker45HomeLab
TypeNAS
ProcessorIntel Core Ultra 5 225 / 7 265 / 9 285 (desktop) NAS (8 GB)
Memory (RAM)8.0 GB
Usable for AI models5.2 GB
Memory bandwidth90 GB/s
FP16 compute0.8 TFLOPS
Runs models onCPU cores
Drive bays4x 3.5" tool-less
NAS systemUnraid OS
Containers (Docker)Yes
Virtual machinesYes
Memory upgradeDDR5 (non-ECC) · 2 slots · up to 64.0 GB per the maker · non-ECC
Graphics card optionsPCIe: 1x PCIe slot on the ASRock B860I WiFi mini-ITX board, for a GPU or a 10GbE card. Maker-supported graphics cards: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 OC Low Profile 8G (store option).
NotesIntel Core Ultra 5 225. With the optional RTX 5060 8 GB it runs 7B-8B class models fully on GPU; the maker itself says an added graphics card enables running AI models locally. Without a GPU it is CPU-only on a 10-core Core Ultra 5 with dual-channel DDR5 (base 8 GB is a single stick), which is limited.
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Running AI on the 45HomeLab X4 (45HomeLab x Unraid)

Yes, it runs AI models on the NAS itself. Models run on its CPU cores, and this configuration leaves about 5.2 GB for them after the NAS system and its storage services. The grades below assume the NAS isn’t busy with backups or media work at the same time. More memory is the upgrade that matters most: see the configurations.

Apps you can install to run models

AppHow it installs
Ollama From the NAS app store
Open WebUI From the NAS app store
LocalAI From the NAS app store

Apps that run LLMs on a NAS, with their container images

Best LLMs for the 45HomeLab X4 (45HomeLab x Unraid) 8.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 E2BGoogle Q4_K_M 4.2 GB 39.9 tok/s Runs great
64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4BNVIDIA Q4_K_M 3.9 GB 23.0 tok/s Runs well
62Good quality (B) · 62 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. Spark-X2.6 4BSparkLLM Q4_K_M 3.8 GB 22.3 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 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nanbeige4.2 3BBOSS Zhipin (Nanbeige) Q4_K_M 5.0 GB 22.0 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 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM5 2BOpenBMB Q4_K_M 2.9 GB 36.4 tok/s Runs great
58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4BNVIDIA Q3_K_M 5.1 GB 26.3 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 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. TMax 4BAi2 Q4_K_M 3.9 GB 21.8 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 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba Q4_K_M 4.1 GB 19.7 tok/s Runs well
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. Gemma 4 E4BGoogle Q3_K_M 5.1 GB 26.3 tok/s Runs welltight fit
50Fair quality (C) · 50 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. Ling 3.0 Tiny (8B-A1.3B)Ant Group (inclusionAI) Q3_K_M 5.1 GB 70.4 tok/s Runs welltight fit

Best Image models for the 45HomeLab X4 (45HomeLab x Unraid) 8.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
39Basic quality (D) · 39 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. SDXL TurboStability AI FP8 4.2 GB 7.9 s Runs great
72Great quality (A) · 72 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] 4BBlack Forest Labs Q4 GGUF 4.6 GB 73 s Slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs Q8 GGUF 4.3 GB 8.3 min Very slowCPU offload
82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi) FP8 4.4 GB 2.8 min Very slowCPU offload
28Basic quality (D) · 28 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. SD TurboStability AI FP16 3.3 GB 4.7 s Runs great
78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs Q4 GGUF 4.3 GB 2.7 min Very slowCPU offload

Best Video models for the 45HomeLab X4 (45HomeLab x Unraid) 8.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
35Basic quality (D) · 35 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 59/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5)Shanghai AI Lab FP16 4.7 GB 19.4 min Slowtight fit
49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 53/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. LTX-Video 2BLightricks FP8 4.0 GB 28.4 min SlowCPU offload
44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. CogVideoX 2BZhipu AI FP8 4.7 GB 68.2 min Very slowtight fit · CPU offload

Best Decision models for the 45HomeLab X4 (45HomeLab x Unraid) 8.0 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 FilterOpenAI F16 3.8 GB 37 ms Runs great
68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Llama Prompt Guard 2 22MMeta F16 0.8 GB 99 ms Runs great
80Great quality (A) · 80 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. GLiNER2.5 DecideFastino Q8_0 1.2 GB 288 ms Runs well
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 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. Jina Reranker v3.5Jina AI Q8_0 1.9 GB 657 ms Slow
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GLiClass Base v3Knowledgator Q8_0 0.8 GB 114 ms Runs great
84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Jina Reranker v3Jina AI Q8_0 1.9 GB 657 ms Slow
64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. DeBERTa v3 Base Zero-shot v2.0Moritz Laurer Q8_0 0.8 GB 108 ms Runs great
74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GLiClass ModernBERT Large v3Knowledgator Q8_0 1.1 GB 236 ms Runs well

Other products with the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 / 7 265 / 9 285 (desktop) NAS (8 GB)

Spec sources

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.

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