Synology SA3410

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Synology SA3410

Processor
Intel Xeon D-1500 series
Memory (RAM)
16 or 128 GB
Released
2023

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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 Xeon D-1500 series 16.0 GB 12.0 GB 34 GB/s 169 of 622 —
Intel Xeon D-1500 series · upgraded to the maker's maximum 128 GB 113 GB 34 GB/s 204 of 622 —

Specifications 16.0 GB configuration

MakerSynology
TypeNAS
ProcessorIntel Xeon D-1500 series NAS (16 GB)
Memory (RAM)16.0 GB
Usable for AI models12.0 GB
Memory bandwidth34 GB/s
FP16 compute0.3 TFLOPS
Runs models onCPU cores
Drive bays12x 3.5" SAS/SATA HDD or 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD
NAS systemDSM 7.x
Containers (Docker)Yes
Virtual machinesYes
Memory upgradeDDR4 ECC RDIMM · 4 slots · up to 128 GB per the maker · ECC
Graphics card optionsPCIe: 2 x Gen3 x8 slots (x8 link).
NotesIntel Xeon D-1541. x86-64 CPU (Intel Xeon D-1541, 8C/16T), RAM upgradable to 128 GB, and Container Manager (Docker) plus Virtual Machine Manager are supported, so Ollama/llama.cpp run on the NAS. CPU-only: no GPU option, so expect small-to-mid quantized models at low tokens per second.
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Running AI on the Synology SA3410

Yes, it runs AI models on the NAS itself. Models run on its CPU cores, and this configuration leaves about 12.0 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)
Any Linux guest running llama.cpp / Ollama In a virtual machine

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

AI features from Synology

FeatureWhat it doesWhere the AI runs
Synology AI Console (cloud providers) Admin console that connects Synology Office, MailPlus, Chat, Drive etc. to Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Baidu AI Cloud, Google AI Studio/Vertex AI, OpenAI or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Cloud service or another computer
AI Console de-identification Masks names and other sensitive entities before text is sent to a remote AI provider, using small local language models run through Container Manager. On the NAS

Best LLMs for the Synology SA3410 16.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. K2 Horizon 7BInstitute of Foundation Models Q4_K_M 8.3 GB 3.6 tok/s Slow
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Mellum2.1 Thinking (12B-A2.5B)JetBrains Q4_K_M 9.1 GB 12.3 tok/s Runs well
74Great quality (A) · 74 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. SenseNova Loop 9B PreviewSenseTime Q4_K_M 7.9 GB 3.3 tok/s Slow
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. Maple Preview (20B-A1B)DeepGrove Q3_K_M 11.6 GB 25.5 tok/s Runs welltight fit
74Great quality (A) · 74 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. MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M 7.6 GB 3.4 tok/s Slow
73Great quality (A) · 73 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. Ornith 1.5 9BDeepReinforce Q4_K_M 7.7 GB 3.3 tok/s Slow
72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M 7.7 GB 3.3 tok/s Slow
71Great quality (A) · 71 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.0 9BDeepReinforce Q4_K_M 7.7 GB 3.3 tok/s Slow
69Good quality (B) · 69 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 12BGoogle Q3_K_M 8.1 GB 3.5 tok/s Slow
70Great quality (A) · 70 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. TMax 9BAi2 Q4_K_M 7.3 GB 3.6 tok/s Slow

Best Image models for the Synology SA3410 16.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs Q4 GGUF 10.2 GB 15.9 min Very slow
76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs FP8 10.2 GB 2.1 min Slow
78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi) Q4 GGUF 10.1 GB 7.0 min Very slow
79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. ERNIE-Image TurboBaidu Q4 GGUF 11.3 GB 8.9 min Very slowtight fit
76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Z-ImageAlibaba (Tongyi) Q4 GGUF 10.1 GB 47.4 min Very slow
87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. ERNIE-ImageBaidu Q8 GGUF 11.2 GB 61.8 min Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use

Best Video models for the Synology SA3410 16.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. LTX-Video 2BLightricks FP8 10.8 GB 52.3 min Very slowtight fit
83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Bernini-R A14B (video generation + editing)ByteDance FP8 10.7 GB 32.6 h Very slowtight fit · CPU offload
74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. HY-OmniWeaving (8.3B, unified video)Tencent FP8 7.8 GB 24.0 h Very slowCPU offload
55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba FP16 8.4 GB 9.8 h Very slowencoder unloaded after use
55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Wan 2.1 VACE 1.3BAlibaba FP16 10.1 GB 10.6 h Very slowencoder unloaded after use

Best Decision models for the Synology SA3410 16.0 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 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. OpenAI Privacy FilterOpenAI Q8_0 2.4 GB 105 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 v3.5Jina AI Q8_0 2.4 GB 2.3 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 4BAlibaba Q8_0 6.1 GB 15.2 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. Qwen3 Reranker 8BAlibaba Q6_K 8.6 GB 30.9 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 2.4 GB 2.3 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 6.1 GB 15.2 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 DecideFastino Q8_0 1.2 GB 996 ms 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 60.7 s Very slowtight fit

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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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