K2-Horizon-3.7B: hardware requirements

K2-Horizon-3.7B needs about 4.3 GB of memory at Q4 quantization — a 3.2 GB download plus room for context and overhead. That fits a machine with 8GB RAM.

Parameters
5.1B
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_Mrecommended3.2 GB4.3 GB8.5 GBmeasured
Q5_K_M3.6 GB4.8 GB9.0 GBmeasured
Q6_K4.2 GB5.3 GB9.5 GBmeasured
Q8_05.4 GB6.5 GB11 GBmeasured
BF1610 GB12 GB16 GBmeasured

“Measured” sizes are read from published GGUF files (NANI-Nithin/K2-Horizon-3.7B-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