Ornith 1.0 9B VRAM requirements

Ornith 1.0 9B has 9.4B parameters. With an 8K-token context and one request it needs about 6.61 GB of GPU memory at Q4_K_M, 10.4 GB at FP8 and 20.1 GB at FP16/BF16. The published weights take 17.5 GB (BF16). The smallest setup here that holds it at Q4_K_M with an 8K context is the RTX 4060 8GB; on one 24 GB RTX 3090 / 4090 it runs with its full 256K-token context.

6.61 GB at Q4_K_M, 8K context, one request

FP8
10.4 GB
FP16 / BF16
20.1 GB
Published weights
17.5 GB
Smallest setup, Q4_K_M
RTX 4060 8GB
Open Ornith 1.0 9B in the calculator

Worked example: Ornith 1.0 9B with 32K tokens

Inputs: Ornith 1.0 9B · Q4_K_M weights · 32,768 tokens of context · one request · FP16 KV cache

Weights (9.4B at Q4_K_M)
5.30 GB
KV cache (32 KB per token)
1.00 GB
Buffers and runtime (0.5 GB + 10%)
1.13 GB
Total
7.43 GB

The smallest setup here that holds it is the RTX 4060 8GB, with about 581 MB to spare. Change the inputs in the calculator

What makes Ornith 1.0 9B's memory use different

24 of its 32 layers keep a fixed-size linear-attention state, so the cache grows by 32 KB per token where caching every layer would take 128 KB.

Per token of context it adds 32 KB of FP16 cache; Granite 4.2 8B (8.8B), the nearest-sized model here with plain full attention, adds 160 KB, so Ornith 1.0 9B needs 20% as much.

Its architecture and size match MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B, so every memory figure on this page is the same for that model.

How much VRAM does Ornith 1.0 9B need?

Ornith 1.0 9B needs 6.61 GB at Q4_K_M, 11.0 GB at Q8_0 and 20.1 GB at FP16 with 8,192 tokens of context and one request. Each total below is the weights plus the FP16 KV cache and the runtime overhead (0.5 GB plus 10%), and each row opens the calculator with that setting. What the GGUF names mean.

PrecisionWeightsTotalSmallest setup
As published (BF16) 17.5 GB 20.1 GB RTX 3090 (24 GB)
FP16 / BF16 17.5 GB 20.1 GB RTX 3090 (24 GB)
FP8 / INT8 8.76 GB 10.4 GB RTX 3060 12GB
INT4 (AWQ / GPTQ) 4.66 GB 5.90 GB RTX 4060 8GB
GGUF Q8_0 9.31 GB 11.0 GB RTX 3060 12GB
GGUF Q6_K 7.19 GB 8.68 GB RTX 3060 12GB
GGUF Q5_K_M 6.21 GB 7.61 GB RTX 4060 8GB
GGUF Q4_K_M 5.30 GB 6.61 GB RTX 4060 8GB
GGUF IQ4_XS 4.77 GB 6.02 GB RTX 4060 8GB
GGUF Q3_K_M 4.28 GB 5.49 GB RTX 4060 8GB
GGUF IQ3_XXS 3.61 GB 4.75 GB RTX 4060 8GB
GGUF Q2_K 3.67 GB 4.81 GB RTX 4060 8GB

Fine-tuning Ornith 1.0 9B? Ornith 1.0 9B VRAM for LoRA, QLoRA and full training.

Ornith 1.0 9B GGUF files on Hugging Face

The 8 GGUF files llama.cpp picks for Ornith 1.0 9B with -hf <repo>:<QUANT>, with the bytes the Hugging Face file list reported on 2026-09-29. Each total is that file plus the FP16 KV cache and 0.5 GB + 10%, one request. "vs estimate" compares the file with the bits-per-weight size the table above uses.

QuantFileSizevs estimate 8K32K128K
Q2_K bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF 3.79 GB4,064,273,088 bytes +3% 4.94 GB5.76 GB9.06 GB
Q3_K_M bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF 4.58 GB4,920,189,632 bytes +7% 5.82 GB6.64 GB9.94 GB
IQ4_XS bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF 4.88 GB5,242,643,136 bytes +2% 6.15 GB6.97 GB10.3 GB
Q4_K_M bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF 5.50 GB5,910,782,656 bytes +4% 6.83 GB7.66 GB11.0 GB
Q5_K_M bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF 6.38 GB6,852,928,192 bytes +3% 7.80 GB8.62 GB11.9 GB
Q6_K bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF 7.17 GB7,700,259,520 bytes ±0% 8.66 GB9.49 GB12.8 GB
Q8_0 bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF 8.89 GB9,545,982,656 bytes −5% 10.6 GB11.4 GB14.7 GB
BF16 bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF 16.7 GB17,920,696,736 bytes −5% 19.1 GB20.0 GB23.3 GB

GB here is GiB (1024³ bytes), as everywhere on this site; Hugging Face shows the Q4_K_M file as 5.9 GB, in 10⁹ bytes.

Which Ornith 1.0 9B GGUF fits a 16, 24, 32, 48 or 80 GB GPU or a Mac

From the file sizes above: the largest file that fits each machine with an 8K context and 0.5 GB left free, the longest context it then has room for, and the longest context for Q4_K_M (5.50 GB). One request, FP16 KV cache.

HardwareLargest GGUF, 8KIts longest contextQ4_K_M, longest context
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Q8_0, 8.89 GB 151K 256K (full)
RTX 4090 (24 GB) BF16, 16.7 GB 134K 256K (full)
RTX 5090 (32 GB) BF16, 16.7 GB 256K (full) 256K (full)
L40S (48 GB) BF16, 16.7 GB 256K (full) 256K (full)
H100 SXM (80 GB) BF16, 16.7 GB 256K (full) 256K (full)
M4 Pro Mac (64 GB, 48 GB usable) BF16, 16.7 GB 256K (full) 256K (full)
M4 Max Mac (128 GB, 96 GB usable) BF16, 16.7 GB 256K (full) 256K (full)

Run Ornith 1.0 9B with llama.cpp

llama-server -hf bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF:Q4_K_M -c 262144

deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-Q4_K_M.gguf, 5.9 GB, from bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF (checked 2026-09-29). On a 24 GB RTX 3090 / 4090, Q4_K_M with -c 262144 takes 15.4 GB and leaves 8.64 GB.

Ornith 1.0 9B at 8K, 32K, 128K and 256K (full) tokens of context

8 of its 32 layers use full attention and 24 are linear-attention layers with no growing cache. Each extra token of context adds 32 KB of FP16 cache per request. The last column is the smallest setup here, one card or a group, that holds it at Q4_K_M. How the KV cache works.

ContextKV cache, FP16Total at Q4_K_MTotal at Q8_0Smallest setup, Q4_K_M
8K tokens 256 MB 6.61 GB 11.0 GB RTX 4060 8GB
32K tokens 1.00 GB 7.43 GB 11.8 GB RTX 4060 8GB
128K tokens 4.00 GB 10.7 GB 15.1 GB RTX 3060 12GB
256K tokens 8.00 GB 15.1 GB 19.5 GB RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

How fast Ornith 1.0 9B writes

Tokens per second for one request with 8,192 tokens of context, estimated from memory bandwidth. A dash means it does not fit on one card. Try other settings in the speed calculator.

HardwareBandwidthQ4_K_MFP8
RTX 3060 12GB 360 GB/s 32–4420–28
RTX 4090 1,008 GB/s 82–11953–75
RTX 5090 1,792 GB/s 132–20388–130
M4 Max Mac (128 GB) 546 GB/s 47–6630–41
M3 Ultra Mac Studio (512 GB) 819 GB/s 68–9844–62
H100 SXM 3,350 GB/s 211–348148–230
H200 4,800 GB/s 266–464194–314

Longest context on one GPU

How many tokens of context Ornith 1.0 9B fits on a single card with one request, an FP16 KV cache and 0.5 GB left free. "Full" means the model's whole context window fits.

GPUMemoryQ4_K_MQ8_0FP8
RTX 3060 12 GB 150K21K39K
RTX 4060 Ti 16GB 16 GB 256K (full)138K155K
RTX 3090 / 4090 24 GB 256K (full)256K (full)256K (full)
RTX 5090 32 GB 256K (full)256K (full)256K (full)
A100 40GB 40 GB 256K (full)256K (full)256K (full)
Mac, 64 GB unified memory 48 GB 256K (full)256K (full)256K (full)
L40S / RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB 256K (full)256K (full)256K (full)
A100 / H100 80GB 80 GB 256K (full)256K (full)256K (full)
Mac, 128 GB unified memory 96 GB 256K (full)256K (full)256K (full)
H200 141 GB 256K (full)256K (full)256K (full)
B200 180 GB 256K (full)256K (full)256K (full)

Model details

Parameters
9.4B (9,409,813,744)
Layers
8 of its 32 layers use full attention and 24 are linear-attention layers with no growing cache
Attention cache
4 KV heads × 256
Context length
262,144 tokens
Published weights
17.5 GB (BF16)
On Hugging Face
ornith-ai/Ornith-1.0-9B

Why this estimate looks this way

At Q4_K_M and an 8K-token context, Ornith 1.0 9B uses 5.30 GB for weights, 256 MB for its FP16 KV cache and 1.06 GB for estimated runtime overhead, totaling 6.61 GB. The overhead is a 0.5 GB base plus 10% of weights and cache.

Its attention layout matters for long context: 8 of its 32 layers use full attention and 24 are linear-attention layers with no growing cache. The FP16 cache grows by about 32 KB per additional token per request.

The architecture and published checkpoint size come from the model's config.json and weight files. These are estimates rather than measured peak memory; inference engines can reserve extra buffers or preallocate the full configured cache.

Ornith 1.0 9B next to similar-sized models

The three models here closest to it in parameter count, at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context.

ModelParametersTotalKV per tokenSmallest setup
Ornith 1.0 9B 9.4B 6.61 GB 32 KB RTX 4060 8GB
MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B 9.4B 6.61 GB 32 KB RTX 4060 8GB
Ornith 1.5 9B 9.7B 6.76 GB 32 KB RTX 4060 8GB
Qwen3.5 9B 9.7B 6.76 GB 32 KB RTX 4060 8GB

Ornith 1.0 9B VRAM questions

How much VRAM do I need to run Ornith 1.0 9B locally?

About 6.61 GB at Q4_K_M with an 8K context and one request, by the bits-per-weight estimate, and 20.1 GB at BF16. The Q4_K_M GGUF deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-Q4_K_M.gguf in bartowski/deepreinforce-ai_Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF is 5,910,782,656 bytes (5.50 GB); with an 8K context it needs 6.83 GB. The smallest setup listed here that holds Q4_K_M is the RTX 4060 8GB.

Can I run Ornith 1.0 9B on a 24 GB GPU?

Yes. On the RTX 4090 (24 GB), the largest listed GGUF that fits with an 8K context and 0.5 GB free is BF16 (16.7 GB), with up to 134K tokens of context. Q4_K_M (5.50 GB) runs with its full 256K-token context.

Which quantization of Ornith 1.0 9B fits in 16 GB of VRAM?

On the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, the largest listed GGUF that fits with an 8K context and 0.5 GB free is Q8_0 (8.89 GB), with up to 151K tokens of context. Q4_K_M (5.50 GB) runs with its full 256K-token context.

Can I run Ornith 1.0 9B on a Mac?

On the M4 Pro Mac (64 GB, 48 GB usable), the largest listed GGUF that fits with an 8K context and 0.5 GB free is BF16 (16.7 GB), with its full 256K-token context. On the M4 Max Mac (128 GB, 96 GB usable), the largest listed GGUF that fits with an 8K context and 0.5 GB free is BF16 (16.7 GB), with its full 256K-token context. By default macOS lets the GPU use about 75% of unified memory.

How much more VRAM does Ornith 1.0 9B need for 32K or 128K tokens of context?

Its FP16 KV cache is 256 MB at 8K, 1.00 GB at 32K, 4.00 GB at 128K for one request, so 128K adds 3.75 GB over 8K, plus 10% overhead. A q8_0 cache (-ctk q8_0 -ctv q8_0) takes 2.00 GB at 128K. Its 24 linear-attention layers keep a fixed-size state, so only 8 of 32 layers add cache.

Why does Ornith 1.0 9B use more VRAM than its GGUF file size?

The file holds only the weights. At Q4_K_M with an 8K context: 5.50 GB of weights (the file's 5,910,782,656 bytes) + 256 MB of FP16 KV cache + 1.08 GB of compute buffers and runtime (0.5 GB + 10%) = 6.83 GB.

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Ornith 1.0 9B VRAM: 6.61 GB at Q4_K_M, 8K context

Numbers read from the model files on Hugging Face on . Compare it with other models in the reproducible model and GPU report.