Vicuna 7B v1.5 on Intel Xeon W-2100 series NAS (256 GB)

Can the Intel Xeon W-2100 series NAS (256 GB) run Vicuna 7B v1.5?

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q2_K it needs about 23.9 GB of 230 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 15.9 tok/s.

Best quant: Q2_K
Generation speed: 15.9 tok/s
Prompt processing: 53.4 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 19.2 s
Largest safe context: 4K

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 vicuna:7b-v1.5-q2_K

llama.cpp Usually the first to support new model architectures.
KoboldCpp

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 Vicuna 7B v1.5

Recommended for the Intel Xeon W-2100 series NAS (256 GB): Q2_K. 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 vicuna:7b-v1.5-q2_K

Quantized files · GGUF

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

Download the Q2_K file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/QuantFactory/vicuna-7b-v1.5-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/QuantFactory/vicuna-7b-v1.5-GGUF:Q2_K

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/lmsys/vicuna-7b-v1.5 (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 9Basic quality (D) · 9 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 41/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q2_K, 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 Runs well: 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.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	4.4 / 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
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	9.5 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	2.4 / 15
Match score	41.3 / 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
`Q2_K`	23.9 GB	230 GB	15.9 tok/s	Runs well	9Basic quality (D) · 9 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 41/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	24.5 GB	230 GB	12.6 tok/s	Runs well	11Basic quality (D) · 11 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 41/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	25.3 GB	230 GB	9.7 tok/s	Slow	13Basic quality (D) · 13 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 40/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	26.0 GB	230 GB	8.0 tok/s	Slow	13Basic quality (D) · 13 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 40/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	26.7 GB	230 GB	6.7 tok/s	Slow	13Basic quality (D) · 13 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 40/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	28.3 GB	230 GB	4.9 tok/s	Slow	14Basic quality (D) · 14 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 39/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	34.7 GB	230 GB	2.3 tok/s	Very slow	14Basic quality (D) · 14 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 38/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 4K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

14Basic quality (D) · 14 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Q8_0 · 51.1 tok/s · Runs great
14Basic quality (D) · 14 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Q8_0 · 62.3 tok/s · Runs great
14Basic quality (D) · 14 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Q8_0 · 68.2 tok/s · Runs great
14Basic quality (D) · 14 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 F16 · 43.1 tok/s · Runs great
14Basic quality (D) · 14 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Q8_0 · 41.5 tok/s · Runs great
14Basic quality (D) · 14 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Q8_0 · 83.1 tok/s · 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.