Ornith 1.5 9B is a 9.65B-parameter model. At Q4_K_M it needs about 6.5 GB of memory. The Mac Mini M4 Pro 64GB has 48 GB usable, so it fits entirely in memory. Expect about 22 tokens/sec (19–26), with the first token after 0.5 s for a short prompt. This estimate is projected from the hardware specs; no benchmarks exist yet.
| Quantization | File size | Memory | Generation | First token | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 5.8 GB | Fits | 22 tok/s | 0.5 s | Projected |
| Q8_0 | 9.8 GB | Fits | 13 tok/s | 0.5 s | Projected |
| FP16 | 19.3 GB | Fits | 6.7 tok/s | 0.5 s | Projected |
All models on the Mac Mini M4 Pro 64GB · Ornith 1.5 9B on all hardware
Estimates for a short prompt on a single device. Measured numbers come from community benchmarks (r/LocalLLaMA, localscore.ai and more); others are derived from similar setups or projected from specs. Open source on GitHub.