FrogNano-4B-2609: hardware requirements

FrogNano-4B-2609 needs about 3.9 GB of memory at Q4 quantization — a 2.8 GB download plus room for context and overhead. That fits a machine with 8GB RAM.

Parameters
4.7B
Tier
Runs on a laptop
Licence
See model card
Released
2026-09-22

Will it run on your machine?

Download sizes by quantization

Lower quantization means a smaller file and less memory, at some cost to quality. Q4_K_M is the usual starting point. What is this?

QuantDownloadRAM @ 4KRAM @ 32KSource
Q4_K_Mrecommended2.8 GB3.9 GB7.6 GBmeasured
Q5_K_M3.4 GB4.4 GB8.2 GBmeasured
Q6_K3.8 GB4.8 GB8.6 GBmeasured
Q8_04.6 GB5.7 GB9.5 GBmeasured
BF169.3 GB11 GB15 GBmeasured

“Measured” sizes are read from published GGUF files (bartowski/FrogNano-4B-2609-GGUF). “Estimated” sizes are derived from the parameter count and are typically within a few percent. The RAM columns add the context cache and runtime overhead to the download size.

Model card on HuggingFace →API specs & pricing →Verified 2026-10-10Listed for 120 days after release