K2-Horizon-0.9B: hardware requirements

K2-Horizon-0.9B needs about 1.4 GB of memory at Q4 quantization — a 666 MB download plus room for context and overhead. That fits a machine with 8GB RAM.

Parameters
1.1B
Tier
Runs on a laptop
Licence
See model card
Released
2026-09-01

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_Mrecommended666 MB1.4 GB3.1 GBmeasured
Q5_K_M773 MB1.5 GB3.2 GBmeasured
Q6_K887 MB1.7 GB3.3 GBmeasured
Q8_01.1 GB1.9 GB3.6 GBmeasured
BF162.2 GB2.9 GB4.6 GBmeasured

“Measured” sizes are read from published GGUF files (IFM/K2-Horizon-0.9B-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.

Other sizes of K2-Horizon

Model card on HuggingFace →API specs & pricing →Verified 2026-09-26Listed for 120 days after release