Model benchmarks

tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 local LLM performance

As of October 2026, tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 runs at up to 87.1 tok/s for local inference (best of 2 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

1.1B

Peak speed

87.1 tok/s

Average speed

86.7 tok/s

Avg PP

3748.3 tok/s

Min memory

3.6 GB

Max context

16,384 tokens

Avg output / run

3,602 tokens

Avg runtime / run

46s

Avg quality

10.2

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)
Overall9.210.211.3
Agent Workflow9.912.815.7
Code Generation5.06.27.4
Role Play & Narrative9.311.012.8
Research & Analysis10.110.911.6

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated October 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050LM StudioQ8_087.1 tok/s86.7 tok/s3.6 GB16,384 tokens10.22

Benchmark runs

All 2 tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 good for coding?
In our benchmarks, tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 scores 6.2/100 for coding. It runs at about 86.7 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 tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 scores 12.8/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 86.7 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 tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 for local inference?
Across 2 community benchmark runs, tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 reaches up to 87.1 tok/s and averages 86.7 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050.
How much memory does tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0 need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 3.6 GB of memory (quantizations tested: Q8_0).
Which tools have been used to run tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0?
Benchmarks were submitted using LM Studio. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.