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QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP R2
- Processor
- Intel Xeon D-1600 series
- Memory (RAM)
- 16, 32 or 128 GB
- Released
- 2022
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 D-1600 series | 16.0 GB | 12.0 GB | 38 GB/s | 168 of 622 | — |
| Intel Xeon D-1600 series | 32.0 GB | 26.2 GB | 38 GB/s | 200 of 622 | — |
| Intel Xeon D-1600 series · upgraded to the maker's maximum | 128 GB | 113 GB | 38 GB/s | 204 of 622 | — |
Specifications 32.0 GB configuration
| Maker | QNAP |
|---|---|
| Type | NAS |
| Processor | Intel Xeon D-1600 series NAS (32 GB) |
| Memory (RAM) | 32.0 GB |
| Usable for AI models | 26.2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 38 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 0.3 TFLOPS |
| Runs models on | CPU cores |
| Drive bays | Front: 12 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s ; Rear: 6 x 2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s |
| NAS system | QuTS hero |
| Containers (Docker) | Yes |
| Virtual machines | Yes |
| Memory upgrade | DDR4 UDIMM · 4 slots · up to 128 GB per the maker · ECC |
| Graphics card options | PCIe: 3 ; Slot 1: PCIe Gen 2 x4 (x8 Slot) ; Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x4 ; Slot 3: PCIe Gen 3 x8 or x4 (x8 Slot). |
| Notes | Intel Xeon D-1622 4-core processor, burst up to 3.2 GHz. x86-64 with up to 128 GB RAM and Container Station; Ollama runs CPU-only per QNAP's tutorial (>=8 GB for 3B, >=16 GB for 7B models). QNAP does not list a GPU-capable slot for this model, so its own on-prem Qsirch LLM (GPU required) is not available. No token speeds published. |
| Product page | www.qnap.com (opens in a new tab) |
Running AI on the QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP R2
Yes, it runs AI models on the NAS itself. 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
| 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 |
| 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. | Cloud service or another computer |
Best LLMs for the QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP R2 32.0 GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Q3_K_M | 20.5 GB | 12.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 94Excellent quality (A+) · 94 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.8 27B | Q6_K | 26.0 GB | 0.7 tok/s | Very slowtight fit |
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | Q3_K_M | 20.1 GB | 12.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | Q3_K_M | 20.5 GB | 12.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) | Q3_K_M | 20.1 GB | 12.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 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 27B | Q6_K | 26.0 GB | 0.7 tok/s | Very slowtight fit |
| 76Great quality (A) · 76 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. | KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B) | Q3_K_M | 19.9 GB | 12.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 76Great quality (A) · 76 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. | Sage-A1.5 35B-A3B | Q3_K_M | 20.5 GB | 12.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. | Qwen3.5 27B | Q6_K | 26.0 GB | 0.7 tok/s | Very slowtight fit |
| 75Great quality (A) · 75 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. | Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B | Q3_K_M | 20.5 GB | 12.2 tok/s | Runs well |
Best Image models for the QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP R2 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 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Krea 2 Turbo | FP8 | 20.2 GB | 9.0 min | Very slow |
| 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [klein] 9B | Q8 GGUF | 20.5 GB | 4.8 min | Very slow |
| 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | ERNIE-Image | Q8 GGUF | 18.9 GB | 58.8 min | Very slow |
| 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at NF4, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Ideogram 4 | NF4 | 21.8 GB | 63.9 min | Very slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX 3 Image Klein | Q8 GGUF | 12.8 GB | 15.2 min | Very slow |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | ERNIE-Image Turbo | Q8 GGUF | 15.0 GB | 8.6 min | Very slow |
Best Video models for the QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP R2 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 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Bernini-R A14B (video generation + editing) | FP8 | 20.3 GB | 26.4 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) | Q4 GGUF | 21.6 GB | 46.5 h | Very slow |
| 74Great quality (A) · 74 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. | HY-OmniWeaving (8.3B, unified video) | FP8 | 24.6 GB | 18.5 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 480P | Q4 GGUF | 20.6 GB | 41.8 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-2.3 | Q4 GGUF | 24.5 GB | 19.5 h | Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use |
Best Decision models for the QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP R2 32.0 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 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | OpenAI Privacy Filter | Q8_0 | 2.4 GB | 128 ms | Runs great |
| 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 | 7.3 GB | 18.6 s | Very slow |
| 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 | 3.6 GB | 2.8 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 | 11.7 GB | 37.8 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 | 74.2 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-2 | Q8_0 | 7.3 GB | 18.6 s | Very slow |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 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. | Jina Reranker v3 | Q8_0 | 3.6 GB | 2.8 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 | 1.2 s | 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.