Hardware · NVIDIA
What AI models can the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (48 GB) run?
- Unified memory
- 48.0 GB
- Usable for models
- 32.2 GB
- Memory bandwidth
- 300 GB/s
- FP16 compute
- 28.8 TFLOPS
- Released
- 2026
macOS lets the GPU use roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of unified memory by default, so we plan around that figure rather than the full 48.0 GB.
More about this hardware
| Maker | NVIDIA |
|---|---|
| Type | Unified-memory system on a chip |
| GPU share of memory | 67% (what the GPU can typically be given for a model) |
| Chip | NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) |
Apps that run models well on the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (48 GB)
2 products with the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (48 GB)
Best LLMs for the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (48 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Gemma 4 26B-A4B | Q6_K | 24.7 GB | 54.1 tok/s | Runs great |
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) | Q6_K | 32.1 GB | 65.1 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | 25.3 GB | 86.9 tok/s | Runs great |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | 24.8 GB | 86.9 tok/s | Runs great |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | 25.3 GB | 86.9 tok/s | Runs great |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B) | Q6_K | 31.8 GB | 65.1 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) | Q6_K | 26.8 GB | 48.9 tok/s | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Sage-A1.5 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | 25.3 GB | 86.9 tok/s | Runs great |
| 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | 25.3 GB | 86.9 tok/s | Runs great |
| 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) | Q5_K_M | 25.8 GB | 74.8 tok/s | Runs great |
| 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Flint (40B-A2.5B) | Q5_K_M | 31.7 GB | 85.3 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Apodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B) | Q4_K_M | 25.3 GB | 86.9 tok/s | Runs great |
Best Image models for the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (48 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Krea 2 Turbo | FP8 | 20.2 GB | 8.5 s | Runs great |
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX 3 Image Klein | FP16 | 22.4 GB | 13 s | Runs great |
| 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | ERNIE-Image Turbo | FP16 | 26.4 GB | 7.1 s | Runs great |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Z-Image Turbo | FP16 | 22.7 GB | 5.5 s | Runs great |
| 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [klein] 9B | Q8 GGUF | 20.5 GB | 4.6 s | Runs great |
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B | FP16 | 18.1 GB | 2.2 s | Runs great |
Best Video models for the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (48 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio) | Q4 GGUF | 26.8 GB | 4.2 min | Runs wellencoder unloaded after use |
| 66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-Video 13B 0.9.8 (distilled) | FP8 | 30.1 GB | 2.0 min | Runs welltight fit |
| 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Bernini-R A14B (video generation + editing) | FP8 | 26.0 GB | 23.8 min | Slow |
| 74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | HY-OmniWeaving (8.3B, unified video) | FP8 | 24.6 GB | 17.5 min | Slow |
| 72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FramePack I2V (HunyuanVideo 13B) | FP8 | 28.2 GB | 13.2 min | Slowtight fit |
Best Decision models for the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU) (48 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 Reranker 4B | Q8_0 | 7.7 GB | 125 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3.5 | F16 | 4.6 GB | 26 ms | Runs great |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | zerank-2 | Q8_0 | 7.7 GB | 125 ms | Runs great |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Intern-Decision 4B | Q8_0 | 8.1 GB | 84 ms | Runs great |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3 | F16 | 4.6 GB | 26 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Shieldstral 1.0 3B | Q8_0 | 7.5 GB | 120 ms | Runs great |
| 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | d1 3B | F16 | 9.4 GB | 79 ms | Runs great |
| 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | mxbai-rerank-large v2 | F16 | 6.3 GB | 60 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.