Model benchmarks

ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF local LLM performance

As of September 2026, ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF runs at up to 87.2 tok/s for local inference (best of 3 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

9B

Peak speed

87.2 tok/s

Average speed

66.4 tok/s

Avg PP

1344.8 tok/s

Min memory

11.9 GB

Max context

65,536 tokens

Avg output / run

72,597 tokens

Avg runtime / run

18m 31s

Avg quality

64.7

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)
Overall58.764.772.4
Agent Workflow48.466.780.6
Code Generation3.628.146.7
Role Play & Narrative74.578.482.1
Research & Analysis84.685.686.3

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated September 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Unsloth StudioQ6_K87.2 tok/s66.4 tok/s11.9 GB65,536 tokens64.73

Benchmark runs

All 3 ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF good for coding?
In our benchmarks, ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF scores 28.1/100 for coding. It runs at about 66.4 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Tiel-Coder-35B-A3B-MLX-oQ4e is faster (~107.9 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (81.5/100).
Is ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF scores 66.7/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 66.4 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Nex-N2.5-mini-APEX-Mini is faster (~88.2 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (91.3/100).
How fast is ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF for local inference?
Across 3 community benchmark runs, ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF reaches up to 87.2 tok/s and averages 66.4 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
How much memory does ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 11.9 GB of memory (quantizations tested: Q6_K).
Which tools have been used to run ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-9B-GGUF?
Benchmarks were submitted using Unsloth Studio. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.