Model benchmarks

protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF local LLM performance

As of October 2026, protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF runs at up to 92.5 tok/s for local inference (best of 5 community benchmark runs across 2 GPUs).

Unsloth StudioIQ4_XSQ4_K_MQ5_K_M
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Model size

9B

Peak speed

92.5 tok/s

Average speed

60.5 tok/s

Avg PP

940.3 tok/s

Min memory

10.6 GB

Max context

65,536 tokens

Avg output / run

49,697 tokens

Avg runtime / run

16m 6s

Avg quality

70.9

Benchmark runs

5

GPUs tested

2

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 5 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)
Overall59.370.977.9
Agent Workflow61.475.288.9
Code Generation1.944.078.8
Role Play & Narrative70.480.788.3
Research & Analysis79.283.687.4

Performance by hardware and tool

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

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Unsloth StudioIQ4_XS92.5 tok/s92.5 tok/s10.6 GB65,536 tokens78.11
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Unsloth StudioQ4_K_M88.7 tok/s88.7 tok/sn/a65,536 tokens56.81
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Unsloth StudioQ5_K_M83.7 tok/s83.7 tok/sn/a52,000 tokens69.11
Intel(R) Arc(TM) 140V GPU (16GB)Unsloth StudioIQ4_XS19.7 tok/s19.7 tok/s15.4 GB16,384 tokens73.41
Intel(R) Arc(TM) 140V GPU (16GB)Unsloth StudioQ4_K_M18.0 tok/s18.0 tok/s18.3 GB65,536 tokens77.01

Benchmark runs

All 5 protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF good for coding?
In our benchmarks, protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF scores 44.0/100 for coding. It runs at about 60.5 tok/s, so if you want more speed, ornith-1.5-35b-a3b-apex-i-quality is faster (~73.2 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (83.1/100).
Is protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF scores 75.2/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 60.5 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 protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF for local inference?
Across 5 community benchmark runs, protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF reaches up to 92.5 tok/s and averages 60.5 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
How much memory does protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 10.6 GB of memory (quantizations tested: IQ4_XS, Q4_K_M, Q5_K_M).
Which tools have been used to run protoLabsAI/Ornith-1.5-9B-MTP-GGUF?
Benchmarks were submitted using Unsloth Studio. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.