gpt-oss-safeguard 120B on Intel Xeon W-2100 series NAS (256 GB)

Can the Intel Xeon W-2100 series NAS (256 GB) run gpt-oss-safeguard 120B?

Barely: it runs very slowly

Very slow. At MXFP4 it needs about 85.7 GB of 230 GB usable and makes one decision in about 19.4 s.

Best quant: MXFP4
Time per decision: 19.4 s
Decisions per second: 0.1/s
Input assumed: 512 tokens
Returns: Reasoned verdict

Best app to run it on the Intel Xeon W-2100 series NAS (256 GB)

On Linux

Ollama

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp (ggml), MLX (Apple silicon, preview)

One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.
Serves an OpenAI-compatible API that other apps and coding tools can use.

ollama run gpt-oss-safeguard:120b

llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.
LocalAI One OpenAI-compatible server for GGUF guard models and rerankers together.

How we choose: the files published for this model, which apps run in a container on a NAS without a graphics card (models run on its processor), and whether the model fits fully in the memory models can use. Details.

Download gpt-oss-safeguard 120B

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run gpt-oss-safeguard:120b

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

huggingface.co/unsloth/gpt-oss-safeguard-120b-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/gpt-oss-safeguard-120b-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from OpenAI, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-120b (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 1 day ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at MXFP4, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Very slow: How well it runs on the Intel Xeon W-2100 series NAS (256 GB): speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

PrecisionEditorial precision tier from the model’s published benchmarks, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	36.0 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when the model fits in the share of the NAS’s memory that models can use (the rest stays with the NAS system and its storage services); fewer when it goes past that limit.	25.0 / 25
SpeedTime for one decision against a 100 ms target: reading the input plus any tokens the model writes.	1.1 / 15
ClarityHow easy the answer is to use in code: a probability or score earns the most, written feedback before a score the least.	10.0 / 15
Match score	72.1 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the Intel Xeon W-2100 series NAS (256 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`MXFP4`	85.7 GB	230 GB	19.4 s	Very slow	80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Original weights (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	253 GB	230 GB	—	Won't run	80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 10/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Times are for one request with a 512-token input and about 160 tokens written. Batching servers process many requests at once.

Other hardware that runs it

80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell MXFP4 · 918 ms · Slow
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA B200 MXFP4 · 643 ms · Slow
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI350X MXFP4 · 663 ms · Slow
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip MXFP4 · 675 ms · Slow
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI325X MXFP4 · 688 ms · Slow
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA H200 141GB SXM MXFP4 · 699 ms · Slow

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.