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Can I run LFM2.5 8B-A1B (MoE) locally?

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Ollama weight files: Q4_K_M 5.2 GB (lfm2.5:8b); Q8_0 9 GB (lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0).

Yes on 59 machines in this list. The smallest is RTX 3060 Ti 8GB: Q4_K_M, about 6 GB, roughly 219 tokens per second, via Ollama. ollama run lfm2.5:8b

Setup on DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)

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Hardware that fits

HardwareRuntimeQuantMemoryFitSpeedCommand
RTX 3060 Ti 8GBOllamaQ4_K_M6 GBfits in fast memory~219 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b
RTX 3070 8GBOllamaQ4_K_M6 GBfits in fast memory~219 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b
RTX 4060 8GBOllamaQ4_K_M6 GBfits in fast memory~133 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b
RX 7600 8GBOllamaQ4_K_M6 GBfits in fast memory~141 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b
RTX 3080 10GBOllamaQ4_K_M6 GBfits in fast memory~371 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b
M1 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~26 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M2 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~38 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M3 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~38 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M4 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~45 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 3060 12GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~102 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 4070 12GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~142 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 5070 12GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~190 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 4060 Ti 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~81 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~190 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 4080 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~202 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 5080 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~271 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RX 7800 XT 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~176 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RX 9070 XT 16GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~181 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M2 24GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~38 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M3 24GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~38 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M4 24GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~45 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 3090 24GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~264 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 4090 24GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~285 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RX 7900 XTX 24GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~271 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M1 Pro 32GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~75 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M2 Pro 32GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~75 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M4 32GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~45 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M3 Pro 36GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~56 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~154 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~173 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
RTX 5090 32GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~506 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M4 Pro 48GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~103 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~206 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~231 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M1 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~151 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M2 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~151 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M3 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~151 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M4 Max 64GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~206 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~206 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~231 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
DGX Spark 64GB (ASUS, Dell, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)OllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~148 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~308 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~452 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M3 Max 128GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~151 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M4 Max 128GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~206 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~206 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~231 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)OllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~148 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
M2 Ultra 192GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~301 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
2x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF9.8 GBfits in fast memory~196 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/LFM2.5-8B-A1B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~308 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (64c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~452 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~452 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
2x DGX Spark 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF9.8 GBfits in fast memory~125 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/LFM2.5-8B-A1B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
4x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF9.8 GBfits in fast memory~173 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/LFM2.5-8B-A1B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
2x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF9.8 GBfits in fast memory~384 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/LFM2.5-8B-A1B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GBOllamaQ8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~308 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
4x DGX Spark 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF9.8 GBfits in fast memory~111 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/LFM2.5-8B-A1B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
4x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF9.8 GBfits in fast memory~338 tok/sllama-server -hf unsloth/LFM2.5-8B-A1B-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-18.

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