QNAP TS-h973AX

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QNAP TS-h973AX

Processor
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
Memory (RAM)
8, 32 or 64 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
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 8.0 GB 5.2 GB 19 GB/s 107 of 622 —
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 32.0 GB 26.2 GB 19 GB/s 144 of 622 —
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B · upgraded to the maker's maximum 64.0 GB 54.4 GB 19 GB/s 147 of 622 —

Specifications 32.0 GB configuration

MakerQNAP
TypeNAS
ProcessorAMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B NAS (32 GB)
Memory (RAM)32.0 GB
Usable for AI models26.2 GB
Memory bandwidth19 GB/s
FP16 compute0.2 TFLOPS
Runs models onCPU cores
Drive bays5 x 3.5-inch + 4 x 2.5-inch
NAS systemQuTS hero
Containers (Docker)Yes
Virtual machinesYes
Memory upgradeSODIMM DDR4 · 2 slots · up to 64.0 GB per the maker · ECC
NotesAMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4-core/8-thread 2.2 GHz processor. x86-64 Ryzen Embedded V1500B CPU, up to 64 GB RAM, Container Station (Docker) and Virtualization Station. No PCIe slot: CPU/iGPU inference only.
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Running AI on the QNAP TS-h973AX

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

AppHow it installs
Ollama + Open WebUI In a container (Docker)
Ollama / Open WebUI or any other LLM server image In a container (Docker)
Any Linux VM running an LLM runtime In a virtual machine

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

AI features from QNAP

FeatureWhat it doesWhere the AI runs
Qsirch RAG Search (cloud LLM mode) Natural-language search and Q&A over NAS files; retrieval runs on the NAS but the LLM is a cloud API (Gemini, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI or OpenAI-compatible). Cloud service or another computer

Best LLMs for the QNAP TS-h973AX 32.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle Q5_K_M 21.4 GB 4.2 tok/s Slow
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 27BAlibaba Q6_K 26.0 GB 0.5 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 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B)KRAFTON Q4_K_M 20.3 GB 4.5 tok/s Slow
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 0.5 tok/s Very slowtight fit
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 27BAlibaba Q6_K 26.0 GB 0.5 tok/s Very slowtight fit
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. Nanbeige4.3 33BBOSS Zhipin (Nanbeige) Q4_K_M 24.6 GB 0.6 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 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Muse Glimmer 30BMeta Q4_K_M 21.0 GB 0.7 tok/s Very slow
89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. TMax 27BAi2 Q6_K 25.7 GB 0.5 tok/s Very slowtight fit
87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Fara 1.5 27BMicrosoft Q6_K 25.7 GB 0.5 tok/s Very slowtight fit
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 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. Gemma 4 31BGoogle Q4_K_M 23.4 GB 0.6 tok/s Very slowtight fit

Best Image models for the QNAP TS-h973AX 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 TurboKrea FP8 20.2 GB 11.0 min 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 5.9 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 71.9 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 4Ideogram NF4 21.8 GB 78.2 min Very slow
78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs FP16 18.1 GB 2.8 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 KleinBlack Forest Labs Q8 GGUF 12.8 GB 18.6 min Very slow

Best Video models for the QNAP TS-h973AX 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)ByteDance FP8 20.3 GB 32.2 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 56.8 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)Tencent FP8 24.6 GB 22.6 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 51.2 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 23.9 h Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use

Best Decision models for the QNAP TS-h973AX 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 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. OpenAI Privacy FilterOpenAI Q8_0 2.4 GB 159 ms Runs well
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 4BAlibaba Q8_0 7.3 GB 23.3 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 v3.5Jina AI Q8_0 3.6 GB 3.5 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 8BAlibaba Q8_0 11.7 GB 47.4 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 92.8 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 23.3 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 v3Jina AI Q8_0 3.6 GB 3.5 s Very slow
80Great quality (A) · 80 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. GLiNER2.5 DecideFastino Q8_0 1.2 GB 1.5 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.

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