Selene 1 Mini 8B on NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (128 GB)

Can the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (128 GB) run Selene 1 Mini 8B?

Barely: it runs very slowly

Very slow. At Q8_0 it needs about 17.6 GB of 102 GB usable and makes one decision in about 6.8 s.

Best quant: Q8_0
Time per decision: 6.8 s
Decisions per second: 0.1/s
Input assumed: 1,024 tokens
Returns: Written feedback, then a score

Best app to run it on the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (128 GB)

On Linux

vLLM

Inference server · runs on vLLM

The full model fits in GPU memory at 8-bit, so it can batch many requests: best for serving a team or an app.

vllm serve AtlaAI/Selene-1-Mini-Llama-3.1-8B

LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download Selene 1 Mini 8B

Recommended for the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (128 GB): Q8_0. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

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/bartowski/Selene-1-Mini-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/bartowski/Selene-1-Mini-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q8_0

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/AtlaAI/Selene-1-Mini-Llama-3.1-8B (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 Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (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 NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (128 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 unified memory the GPU can use; 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.	1.8 / 15
ClarityHow easy the answer is to use in code: a probability or score earns the most, written feedback before a score the least.	9.0 / 15
Match score	71.8 / 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 NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (128 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q4_K_M`	14.0 GB	102 GB	3.7 s	Very slow	76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	14.8 GB	102 GB	4.4 s	Very slow	77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	15.6 GB	102 GB	5.1 s	Very slow	79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	17.6 GB	102 GB	6.8 s	Very slow	80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	25.1 GB	102 GB	14.3 s	Very slow	80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Times are for one request with a 1,024-token input and about 150 tokens written. Batching servers process many requests at once.

Other hardware that runs it

79Great quality (A) · 79 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. NVIDIA B200 Q6_K · 252 ms · Runs well
79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI350X Q6_K · 306 ms · Runs well
79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip Q6_K · 346 ms · Runs well
79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI325X Q6_K · 359 ms · Runs well
79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA H200 141GB SXM Q6_K · 384 ms · Runs well
79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA H200 NVL Q6_K · 394 ms · Runs well

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.