Weekly archive

New local AI models, Aug 11–17, 2025

5 open models released Aug 11–17, 2025, with how each runs on five reference devices.

  1. Command A Reasoning (111B)

    Cohere · LLM · 111B ·

    68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

    Runs on

    Memory, every quant and how to run it Check your own device

  2. Nemotron Nano 9B v2

    NVIDIA · LLM · 8.9B ·

    60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

    Runs on

    Memory, every quant and how to run it Check your own device

  3. Apertus 8B Instruct

    Swiss AI · LLM · 8.1B ·

    40Fair quality (C) · 40 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

    Runs on

    Memory, every quant and how to run it Check your own device

  4. LFM2-VL 1.6B

    Liquid AI · LLM · 1.6B ·

    24Basic quality (D) · 24 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 52/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

    Runs on

    Memory, every quant and how to run it Check your own device

  5. LFM2-VL 450M

    Liquid AI · LLM · 0.5B ·

    12Basic quality (D) · 12 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 47/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

    Runs on

    Memory, every quant and how to run it Check your own device

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.

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