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QNAP TS-1683XU-RP
- Processor
- Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200
- Memory (RAM)
- 16 or 128 GB
- Released
- 2018
Product page (opens in a new tab)Discontinued Full AI report
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 Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 | 16.0 GB | 12.0 GB | 43 GB/s | 173 of 622 | — |
| Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 · upgraded to the maker's maximum | 128 GB | 113 GB | 43 GB/s | 210 of 622 | — |
Specifications 128 GB configuration
| Maker | QNAP |
|---|---|
| Type | NAS |
| Processor | Intel Xeon E-2100 / E-2200 NAS (128 GB) · upgraded to the maker's maximum |
| Memory (RAM) | 128 GB |
| Usable for AI models | 113 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 43 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 0.3 TFLOPS |
| Runs models on | CPU cores |
| Drive bays | 16 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s |
| NAS system | QTS |
| Containers (Docker) | Yes |
| Virtual machines | Yes |
| Memory upgrade | DDR4 UDIMM · 4 slots · up to 128 GB per the maker · ECC |
| Graphics card options | PCIe: 4 ; Slot 1: PCIe Gen 2 x4 (PCH) ; Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x8 (CPU) ; Slot 3: PCIe Gen 3 x4 (CPU) ; Slot 4: PCIe…. Maker-supported graphics cards: QNAP FAQ: graphics card supported in PCIe slot(s) 1-4; QNAP NVIDIA driver packages cover GTX 10 to RTX 40 (proprietary) and GTX 16 to RTX 50 / RTX PRO (open driver). |
| Availability | Discontinued (sold used or refurbished) |
| Notes | Intel Xeon E-2124 4-core 3.3 GHz processor (burst up to 4.3 GHz). x86-64 with up to 128 GB RAM, Container Station and Virtualization Station, and a PCIe slot QNAP documents for graphics cards (GPU assigned to Container Station or passed to a VM). |
| Product page | www.qnap.com (opens in a new tab)Discontinued |
Running AI on the QNAP TS-1683XU-RP
Yes, it runs AI models on the NAS itself. Models run on its CPU cores, and this configuration leaves about 113 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
| App | How it installs |
|---|---|
| Ollama | In a container (Docker) |
| Open WebUI | In a container (Docker) |
AI features from QNAP
| Feature | What it does | Where the AI runs |
|---|---|---|
| QuMagie + QNAP AI Core | Photo management with on-device face, object and scene recognition (QNAP AI Core image-recognition engine). | On the NAS |
| Qsirch AI Semantic Search | Natural-language/semantic file and image search computed locally; QNAP requires a 64-bit x86 NAS with at least 8 GB RAM. | On the NAS |
| Qsirch RAG Search (cloud LLM mode) | Chat with NAS files using a cloud LLM (Gemini, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI or OpenAI-compatible API); the model runs remotely. | Cloud service or another computer |
| Qsirch on-premises RAG / LLM Core | Runs open models (DeepSeek R1, Gemma 3, gpt-oss 20B, Mistral 7B, Phi-4) locally for RAG search. Requires an NVIDIA GPU assigned to Container Station; QNAP states CPU-only is not supported. Needs QuTS hero h5.2.1+ and Qsirch 6.0.0+. | On the NAS |
| QuAgent (beta) + AI Service Center (beta) | Conversational NAS assistant on QTS 6.1 / QuTS hero h6.1; uses either a cloud model or an on-premises model (compatible GPU recommended). QNAP lists x86 NAS "x74 series and above", TVS-AI and QAI series as supported. | On the NAS |
Best LLMs for the QNAP TS-1683XU-RP 128 GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | gpt-oss 120B | MXFP4 | 76.5 GB | 7.4 tok/s | Slow |
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B | Q4_K_M | 85.6 GB | 3.0 tok/s | Slow |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B | Q4_K_M | 86.1 GB | 3.6 tok/s | Slow |
| 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 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 122B-A10B | Q4_K_M | 86.1 GB | 3.6 tok/s | Slow |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 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. | Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) | Q4_K_M | 57.4 GB | 10.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B | Q5_K_M | 62.9 GB | 3.3 tok/s | Slow |
| 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Laguna S 2.1 (118B-A8B) | Q5_K_M | 94.7 GB | 3.7 tok/s | Slow |
| 81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) | Q3_K_M | 98.0 GB | 7.6 tok/s | Slowtight fit |
| 81Great quality (A) · 81 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. | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking | Q4_K_M | 59.4 GB | 11.7 tok/s | Runs well |
| 81Great quality (A) · 81 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. | Qwen3 Coder Next (80B-A3B) | Q4_K_M | 58.4 GB | 11.7 tok/s | Runs well |
Best Image models for the QNAP TS-1683XU-RP 128 GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiniMax H3 Image | FP8 | 72.0 GB | 18.2 min | Very slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. | Cosmos3-Super Text2Image (64B) | FP8 | 69.1 GB | 73.0 min | Very slow |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 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. | HunyuanImage 3.0 (80B-A13B) | FP8 | 86.9 GB | 1.8 h | Very slow |
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 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 [dev] | Q8 GGUF | 61.9 GB | 83.9 min | Very slow |
| 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen-Image 2.1 | FP16 | 57.0 GB | 2.0 h | Very slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen-Image 2512 | FP16 | 63.8 GB | 3.0 h | Very slow |
Best Video models for the QNAP TS-1683XU-RP 128 GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio) | FP16 | 82.5 GB | 3.1 h | Very slow |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Kandinsky 6.0 Pro (29B, video + audio) | FP16 | 85.4 GB | 99.4 h | Very slow |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2.3 | FP16 | 75.4 GB | 13.5 h | Very slow |
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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. | MiniMax H3 (33B, video + audio) | Q8 GGUF | 68.2 GB | 40.4 h | Very slow |
| 82Great quality (A) · 82 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. | LTX-2 (19B, video + audio) | FP16 | 75.4 GB | 13.5 h | Very slow |
Best Decision models for the QNAP TS-1683XU-RP 128 GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | OpenAI Privacy Filter | Q8_0 | 2.4 GB | 97 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 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 v3.5 | Q8_0 | 10.5 GB | 2.1 s | Very slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. | Qwen3 Reranker 4B | Q8_0 | 14.2 GB | 13.9 s | Very slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | Q8_0 | 18.6 GB | 28.4 s | Very slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. | Skywork Reward V2 Llama 3.1 8B | Q8_0 | 10.4 GB | 55.7 s | Very 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 | 10.5 GB | 2.1 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. | GLiNER2.5 Decide | Q8_0 | 1.2 GB | 913 ms | 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-2 | Q8_0 | 14.2 GB | 13.9 s | Very slow |
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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.