Model benchmarks

IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B local LLM performance

As of September 2026, IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B runs at up to 31.9 tok/s for local inference (best of 2 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

36B

Peak speed

31.9 tok/s

Average speed

31.8 tok/s

Avg prefill

338.4 tok/s

Min memory

71.6 GB

Max context

131,072 tokens

Avg output / run

51,947 tokens

Avg runtime / run

29m 48s

Avg quality

73.5

Benchmark runs

2

GPUs tested

1

Quality by task

Average LLM-judged quality (0–100) with the run-to-run spread shown as a P5–P95 band, overall and for each benchmark task, across all 2 runs. The low and high columns show how much the judge’s score varies between runs, and need at least two runs to display.

TaskP5 (low)AvgP95 (high)
Overall66.573.580.5
Agent Workflow87.189.090.8
Code Generation13.141.269.3
Role Play & Narrative81.783.986.2
Research & Analysis79.479.980.3

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated September 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
Apple M4 MaxoMLX31.9 tok/s31.8 tok/s71.6 GB131,072 tokens73.52

Frequently asked questions

Is IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B good for coding?
In our benchmarks, IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B scores 41.2/100 for coding. It runs at about 31.8 tok/s, so if you want more speed, unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:IQ3_S is faster (~104.3 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (83.0/100).
Is IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B scores 89.0/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 31.8 tok/s, so if you want more speed, granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_L is faster (~71.6 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (92.9/100).
How fast is IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B for local inference?
Across 2 community benchmark runs, IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B reaches up to 31.9 tok/s and averages 31.8 tok/s, with the fastest results on Apple M4 Max.
How much memory does IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 71.6 GB of memory.
Which tools have been used to run IFM--K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B?
Benchmarks were submitted using oMLX. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.