Llama Guard 3 1B on Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) NAS (64 GB)

Can the Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) NAS (64 GB) run Llama Guard 3 1B?

Barely: it runs very slowly

Very slow. At Q8_0 it needs about 6.6 GB of 54.4 GB usable and makes one decision in about 2.5 s.

Best quant: Q8_0
Time per decision: 2.5 s
Decisions per second: 0.4/s
Input assumed: 512 tokens
Returns: Fixed labels

Best app to run it on the Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) NAS (64 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 llama-guard3:1b-q8_0

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 Llama Guard 3 1B

Recommended for the Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) NAS (64 GB): Q8_0. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

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 llama-guard3:1b-q8_0

Quantized files · GGUF

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

Download the Q8_0 file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/QuantFactory/Llama-Guard-3-1B-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/QuantFactory/Llama-Guard-3-1B-GGUF:Q8_0

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-Guard-3-1B (opens in a new tab)

Free Hugging Face account needed: request access on the model page, and Meta approves it (usually within minutes to a few hours).

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

How it’s rated

Quality 56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q8_0, 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 Silver (4100 to 4300 series) NAS (64 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.	25.2 / 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.	3.0 / 15
ClarityHow easy the answer is to use in code: a probability or score earns the most, written feedback before a score the least.	12.0 / 15
Match score	65.2 / 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 Silver (4100 to 4300 series) NAS (64 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q4_K_M`	5.9 GB	54.4 GB	2.3 s	Very slow	53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	6.1 GB	54.4 GB	2.4 s	Very slow	54Fair quality (C) · 54 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	6.2 GB	54.4 GB	2.4 s	Very slow	55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	6.6 GB	54.4 GB	2.5 s	Very slow	56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	8.0 GB	54.4 GB	2.8 s	Very slow	56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (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 6 tokens written. Batching servers process many requests at once.

Other hardware that runs it

56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX F16 · 52 ms · Runs great
56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT F16 · 73 ms · Runs great
56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (128 GB) Q8_0 · 90 ms · Runs great
56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M2 Ultra (192 GB) F16 · 95 ms · Runs great
56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) F16 · 92 ms · Runs great
56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) F16 · 92 ms · Runs great

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.