LLM Hardware Checker
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What should I buy?
Available Memory
64GB
Unified Memory
Memory Bandwidth
273GB/s
Basic1000 GB/s max
Why Bandwidth Matters

LLM inference is memory bound. Higher bandwidth directly translates to faster token generation, making it more important than raw compute power.

Top Picks for Your Hardware

Qwen 2.5 1.5B

Qwen1.5B
Top Pick
FP16•very high
3.5 GB64 GB
Fast•54.6 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run qwen2.5:1.5b

StableLM 2 1.6B

StableLM1.6B
Top Pick
FP16•very high
3.4 GB64 GB
Fast•51.2 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run stablelm2:1.6b

GLM Edge 1.5B

GLM1.5B
Top Pick
FP16•very high
3.2 GB64 GB
Fast•54.6 t/s
General
ollama run glm-edge:1.5b

All Compatible Models

Gemma 3 1B

Gemma1B
FP16•very high
2.5 GB64 GB
Fast•81.9 t/s
General
ollama run gemma3:1b

Llama 3.2 1B

Llama1B
FP16•very high
2.3 GB64 GB
Fast•81.9 t/s
General
ollama run llama3.2:1b

Granite 3 MoE 1B

Granite1B
FP16•very high
2.3 GB64 GB
Fast•81.9 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run granite3-moe:1b

Qwen 3 0.6B

Qwen0.6B
FP16•very high
1.4 GB64 GB
Fast•137 t/s
General
ollama run qwen3:0.6b

Qwen 2.5 0.5B

Qwen0.5B
FP16•very high
1.2 GB64 GB
Fast•164 t/s
General
ollama run qwen2.5:0.5b

SmolLM2 360M

SmolLM0.36B
FP16•very high
0.8 GB64 GB
Fast•228 t/s
General
ollama run smollm2:360m

Gemma 2 2B

Gemma2B
FP16•very high
5.0 GB64 GB
Fast•40.9 t/s
General
ollama run gemma2:2b

EXAONE 3.5 2.4B

EXAONE2.4B
FP16•very high
5.0 GB64 GB
Fast•34.1 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run exaone3.5:2.4b

SmolLM2 135M

SmolLM0.135B
FP16•very high
0.3 GB64 GB
Fast•607 t/s
General
ollama run smollm2:135m

Granite 3 Dense 2B

Granite2B
FP16•very high
4.2 GB64 GB
Fast•40.9 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run granite3-dense:2b

Gemma 4 E2B

Gemma2B
FP16•very high
4.0 GB64 GB
Fast•40.9 t/s
General
ollama run gemma4:e2b

Qwen 3 1.7B

Qwen1.7B
FP16•very high
3.6 GB64 GB
Fast•48.2 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run qwen3:1.7b

SmolLM2 1.7B

SmolLM1.7B
FP16•very high
3.5 GB64 GB
Fast•48.2 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run smollm2:1.7b

Qwen 2.5 3B

Qwen3B
FP16•very high
7.0 GB64 GB
Good•27.3 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run qwen2.5:3b

Mistral 3 3B

Mistral3B
FP16•very high
7.0 GB64 GB
Good•27.3 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run mistral-3:3b

Llama 3.2 3B

Llama3B
FP16•very high
6.5 GB64 GB
Good•27.3 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run llama3.2:3b

StarCoder2 3B

StarCoder3B
FP16•very high
6.5 GB64 GB
Good•27.3 t/s
Coding
ollama run starcoder2:3b

Kimi K1.5 A3B

Kimi3B
FP16•very high
6.5 GB64 GB
Good•27.3 t/s
GeneralReasoningMath
ollama run kimi-k1.5:a3b

Granite 3 MoE 3B

Granite3B
FP16•very high
6.5 GB64 GB
Good•27.3 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run granite3-moe:3b

Granite 4.1 3B

Granite3B
FP16•very high
6.5 GB64 GB
Good•27.3 t/s
GeneralCoding
ollama run granite4.1:3b

Phi-3 Mini (3.8B)

Phi3.8B
FP16•very high
7.8 GB64 GB
Good•21.6 t/s
GeneralCodingReasoning
ollama run phi3:mini

Qwen 3 4B

Qwen4B
FP16•very high
8.5 GB64 GB
Good•20.5 t/s
GeneralCodingReasoning
ollama run qwen3:4b