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iXsystems TrueNAS Mini X

Processor
Intel Atom C3538 / C3558
Memory (RAM)
16 or 32 GB
Released
2020

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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 Atom C3538 / C3558 16.0 GB 12.0 GB 19 GB/s 57 of 622 —
Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 · upgraded to the maker's maximum 32.0 GB 26.2 GB 19 GB/s 57 of 622 —

Specifications 32.0 GB configuration

MakeriXsystems
TypeNAS
ProcessorIntel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS (32 GB) · upgraded to the maker's maximum
Memory (RAM)32.0 GB
Usable for AI models26.2 GB
Memory bandwidth19 GB/s
FP16 compute0.1 TFLOPS
Runs models onCPU cores
Drive bays5x 3.5" hot-swap + 2x 2.5" SSD
NAS systemTrueNAS Community Edition 25.10 'Goldeye'
Containers (Docker)Yes
Virtual machinesYes
Memory upgradeDDR4 ECC · 4 slots · up to 32.0 GB per the maker · ECC
Graphics card optionsPCIe: None available (maker spec lists PCIe as N/A).
NotesIntel Atom C3558 (2.2 GHz). CPU-only inference on an Intel Atom C3000 (Denverton) with no integrated or discrete GPU. Ollama installs from the TrueNAS Apps catalog, but only small quantized models are practical and token rates will be low; no published benchmark was found.
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Running AI on the iXsystems TrueNAS Mini X

It can, with limits: expect small models only, at modest speed. Models run on its CPU cores, and this configuration leaves about 26.2 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
vLLM From the NAS app store
AnythingLLM From the NAS app store

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

Best LLMs for the iXsystems TrueNAS Mini X 32.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba Q4_K_M 24.8 GB 3.2 tok/s Slowtight fit
88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3BOpenBMB Q4_K_M 24.3 GB 3.2 tok/s Slowtight fit
88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba Q4_K_M 24.8 GB 3.2 tok/s Slowtight fit
94Excellent quality (A+) · 94 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Q6_K 26.0 GB 0.2 tok/s Very slowtight fit
87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B)Nex-AGI Q4_K_M 24.3 GB 3.2 tok/s Slowtight fit
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B)Kuaishou Q4_K_M 24.0 GB 3.2 tok/s Slowtight fit
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Sage-A1.5 35B-A3BInternScience Q4_K_M 24.8 GB 3.2 tok/s Slowtight fit
93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Q6_K 26.0 GB 0.2 tok/s Very slowtight fit
83Great quality (A) · 83 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. GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)Zhipu AI Q4_K_M 22.2 GB 3.2 tok/s Slow
85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 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. Ornith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce Q4_K_M 24.8 GB 3.2 tok/s Slowtight fit

Best Image models for the iXsystems TrueNAS Mini X 32.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Krea 2 TurboKrea FP8 20.2 GB 26.2 min Very slow
87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. ERNIE-ImageBaidu Q8 GGUF 18.9 GB 2.9 h Very slow
83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs Q8 GGUF 20.5 GB 14.0 min Very slow
85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at NF4, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ideogram 4Ideogram NF4 21.8 GB 3.1 h Very slow
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs Q8 GGUF 12.8 GB 44.4 min Very slow
78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs FP16 18.1 GB 6.8 min Very slow

Best Video models for the iXsystems TrueNAS Mini X 32.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
83Great quality (A) · 83 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. Bernini-R A14B (video generation + editing)ByteDance FP8 20.3 GB 76.9 h Very slowencoder unloaded after use
70Great quality (A) · 70 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. Wan 2.2 S2V 14B (speech to video)Alibaba Q4 GGUF 21.6 GB 135.6 h Very slow
74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. HY-OmniWeaving (8.3B, unified video)Tencent FP8 24.6 GB 53.9 h Very slowtight fit
68Good quality (B) · 68 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. Wan 2.1 I2V 14B 480PAlibaba Q4 GGUF 20.6 GB 122.0 h Very slow
79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. LTX-2.3Lightricks Q4 GGUF 24.5 GB 57.0 h Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use

Best Decision models for the iXsystems TrueNAS Mini X 32.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. Qwen3 Reranker 4BAlibaba Q8_0 7.3 GB 115.2 s Very slow
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. Qwen3 Reranker 8BAlibaba Q8_0 11.7 GB 234.6 s Very slow
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. Skywork Reward V2 Llama 3.1 8BSkywork Q8_0 10.4 GB 463.8 s Very slow
88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 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. zerank-2ZeroEntropy Q8_0 7.3 GB 115.2 s Very slow
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Jina Reranker v3.5Jina AI Q8_0 3.6 GB 17.2 s Very slow
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Shieldstral 1.0 3BMistral AI Q8_0 7.0 GB 110.3 s Very slow
84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Jina Reranker v3Jina AI Q8_0 3.6 GB 17.2 s Very slow
78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. OpenAI Privacy FilterOpenAI Q8_0 2.4 GB 777 ms Slow

Other products with the Intel Atom C3538 / C3558 NAS (32 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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