Model benchmarks

Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS local LLM performance

As of September 2026, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS runs at up to 140.1 tok/s for local inference (best of 3 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

35B

Peak speed

140.1 tok/s

Average speed

139.5 tok/s

Min memory

17.1 GB

Max context

65,536 tokens

Avg output / run

36,455 tokens

Avg runtime / run

4m 27s

Avg quality

80.7

Benchmark runs

3

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 3 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)
Overall78.480.784.2
Agent Workflow77.781.486.0
Code Generation78.478.779.1
Role Play & Narrative70.082.489.9
Research & Analysis69.680.287.9

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated September 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900 GRE/7900Mllama.cpp140.1 tok/s139.5 tok/s17.1 GB65,536 tokens80.73

Frequently asked questions

Is Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS good for coding?
In our benchmarks, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS scores 78.7/100 for coding. It runs at about 139.5 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Tiel-Coder-35B-A3B-Q4_K_S is faster (~165.0 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (76.9/100).
Is Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS scores 81.4/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 139.5 tok/s, so if you want more speed, gemma-4-26b-a4b-q4kxl is faster (~169.9 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (75.2/100).
How fast is Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS for local inference?
Across 3 community benchmark runs, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS reaches up to 140.1 tok/s and averages 139.5 tok/s, with the fastest results on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900 GRE/7900M.
How much memory does Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 17.1 GB of memory.
Which tools have been used to run Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-IQ4_XS?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.