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QNAP TDS-h2489FU
- Processor
- Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series)
- Memory (RAM)
- 64, 128, 256 or 512 GB
- Released
- 2022
Product page (opens in a new tab)Discontinued Full AI report
Configurations
Pick one to see which models it runs. More memory lets larger models fit; bandwidth sets how fast they answer.
| Configuration | Memory | Usable for AI | Bandwidth | LLMs that run well | Launch price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) | 64.0 GB | 54.4 GB | 115 GB/s | 358 of 619 | — |
| Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) | 128 GB | 113 GB | 115 GB/s | 366 of 619 | — |
| Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) | 256 GB | 230 GB | 115 GB/s | 366 of 619 | — |
| Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) | 512 GB | 471 GB | 115 GB/s | 366 of 619 | — |
Specifications 128 GB configuration
| Maker | QNAP |
|---|---|
| Type | NAS |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) NAS (128 GB) |
| Memory (RAM) | 128 GB |
| Usable for AI models | 113 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 115 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 1.0 TFLOPS |
| Runs models on | CPU cores |
| Drive bays | 24 (16 x 2.5-inch U.2 PCIe NVMe + 8 x 2.5-inch U.2 PCIe NVMe/SATA 6Gbps) + 2 x M.2 2280 (NVMe PCIe Gen 3 or… |
| NAS system | QuTS hero |
| Containers (Docker) | Yes |
| Virtual machines | Yes |
| Memory upgrade | DDR4 RDIMM · 32 slots · up to 1,024 GB per the maker · ECC |
| Graphics card options | PCIe: 2 ; Slot 1: PCIe Gen4 x16 ; Slot 2: PCIe Gen4 x8. |
| Availability | Discontinued (sold used or refurbished) |
| Notes | 2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4314 16-core/32-thread processor, up to 3.4 GHz or 2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y 8-core/16-thread…. x86-64 with up to 1024 GB RAM and Container Station; Ollama runs CPU-only per QNAP's tutorial (>=8 GB for 3B, >=16 GB for 7B models). QNAP does not list a GPU-capable slot for this model, so its own on-prem Qsirch LLM (GPU required) is not available. No token speeds published. |
| Product page | www.qnap.com (opens in a new tab)Discontinued |
Running AI on the QNAP TDS-h2489FU
Yes, it runs AI models on the NAS itself. Models run on its CPU cores, and this configuration leaves about 113 GB for them after the NAS system and its storage services. The grades below assume the NAS isn’t busy with backups or media work at the same time. More memory is the upgrade that matters most: see the configurations.
Apps you can install to run models
| App | How it installs |
|---|---|
| Ollama | In a container (Docker) |
| Open WebUI | In a container (Docker) |
AI features from QNAP
| Feature | What it does | Where the AI runs |
|---|---|---|
| QuMagie + QNAP AI Core | Photo management with on-device face, object and scene recognition (QNAP AI Core image-recognition engine). | On the NAS |
| Qsirch AI Semantic Search | Natural-language/semantic file and image search computed locally; QNAP requires a 64-bit x86 NAS with at least 8 GB RAM. | On the NAS |
| Qsirch RAG Search (cloud LLM mode) | Chat with NAS files using a cloud LLM (Gemini, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI or OpenAI-compatible API); the model runs remotely. | Cloud service or another computer |
| QuAgent (beta) + AI Service Center (beta) | Conversational NAS assistant on QTS 6.1 / QuTS hero h6.1; uses either a cloud model or an on-premises model (compatible GPU recommended). QNAP lists x86 NAS "x74 series and above", TVS-AI and QAI series as supported. | Cloud service or another computer |
Best LLMs for the QNAP TDS-h2489FU 128 GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | gpt-oss 120B | MXFP4 | 76.5 GB | 13.7 tok/s | Runs well |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) | Q4_K_M | 57.4 GB | 18.6 tok/s | Runs well |
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B | Q4_K_M | 85.6 GB | 5.6 tok/s | Slow |
| 81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking | Q4_K_M | 59.4 GB | 21.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 Coder Next (80B-A3B) | Q4_K_M | 58.4 GB | 21.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) | Q3_K_M | 98.0 GB | 14.1 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B Instruct | Q4_K_M | 59.4 GB | 21.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Ling 3.0 Flash (127B-A5B) | Q4_K_M | 87.8 GB | 12.9 tok/s | Runs well |
| 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B | Q4_K_M | 85.1 GB | 5.6 tok/s | Slow |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | 31.7 GB | 21.2 tok/s | Runs well |
Best Image models for the QNAP TDS-h2489FU 128 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 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Cosmos3-Super Text2Image (64B) | FP8 | 69.1 GB | 29.6 min | Very slow |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | HunyuanImage 3.0 (80B-A13B) | FP8 | 86.9 GB | 44.4 min | Very slow |
| 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [dev] | Q8 GGUF | 61.9 GB | 34.0 min | Very slow |
| 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Ideogram 4 | FP16 | 57.3 GB | 20.5 min | Very slow |
| 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen-Image 2.1 | FP16 | 57.0 GB | 49.3 min | Very slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen-Image 2512 | FP16 | 63.8 GB | 74.0 min | Very slow |
Best Video models for the QNAP TDS-h2489FU 128 GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio) | FP16 | 82.5 GB | 74.8 min | Very slow |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2.3 | FP16 | 75.4 GB | 5.5 h | Very slow |
| 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Kandinsky 6.0 Pro (29B, video + audio) | FP16 | 85.4 GB | 40.3 h | Very slow |
| 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiniMax H3 (33B, video + audio) | Q8 GGUF | 68.2 GB | 16.4 h | Very slow |
| 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-2 (19B, video + audio) | FP16 | 75.4 GB | 5.5 h | Very slow |
Best Decision models for the QNAP TDS-h2489FU 128 GB
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | OpenAI Privacy Filter | F16 | 3.8 GB | 50 ms | Runs great |
| 68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M | Q8_0 | 0.7 GB | 117 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3.5 | Q8_0 | 10.5 GB | 899 ms | Slow |
| 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | GLiNER2.5 Decide | Q8_0 | 1.2 GB | 394 ms | Runs well |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3 | Q8_0 | 10.5 GB | 899 ms | Slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 Reranker 4B | Q8_0 | 14.2 GB | 6.0 s | Very slow |
| 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | Q8_0 | 18.6 GB | 12.2 s | Very slow |
| 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FRIDA-Decisions | Q8_0 | 1.7 GB | 656 ms | Slow |
Other products with the Intel Xeon Silver (4100 to 4300 series) NAS (128 GB)
Spec sources
- qnap.com: hardware (opens in a new tab)
- qnap.com: tds-h2489fu (opens in a new tab)
- qnap.com: status (opens in a new tab)
- qnap.com: qnap-launches-dual-cpu-tds-h2489fu-24-bay-u-2-nvme-pcie-gen-4-all-flash-zfs-nas-featuring-intel-xeon-scalable-processors-25gbe-and-pcie-gen-4-expandability (opens in a new tab)
- qnap.com: how-to-deploy-ollama-on-the-qnap-nas-using-container-station (opens in a new tab)
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.