Model benchmarks

Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF local LLM performance

As of October 2026, Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF runs at up to 104.4 tok/s for local inference (best of 2 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

9B

Peak speed

104.4 tok/s

Average speed

91.0 tok/s

Avg PP

2400.2 tok/s

Min memory

11.6 GB

Max context

262,144 tokens

Avg output / run

26,724 tokens

Avg runtime / run

5m 58s

Avg quality

75.2

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)
Overall69.275.281.3
Agent Workflow72.273.574.8
Code Generation51.565.178.7
Role Play & Narrative80.584.488.3
Research & Analysis72.678.083.4

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated October 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA RTX A6000llama.cpp—104.4 tok/s91.0 tok/s11.6 GB262,144 tokens75.22

Benchmark runs

All 2 Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF good for coding?
In our benchmarks, Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF scores 65.1/100 for coding. It runs at about 91.0 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B.APEX-I-NanoPlus is faster (~110.5 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (81.1/100).
Is Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF scores 73.5/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 91.0 tok/s, so if you want more speed, cyber-tiel-coder-35b-a3b-mtp is faster (~115.9 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (86.4/100).
How fast is Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF for local inference?
Across 2 community benchmark runs, Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF reaches up to 104.4 tok/s and averages 91.0 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA RTX A6000.
How much memory does Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 11.6 GB of memory.
Which tools have been used to run Ornith-1.5-9B-IQ3_M-GGUF?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.