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K2-Horizon-7B: hardware requirements

K2-Horizon-7B needs about 6.8 GB of memory at Q4_K_M quantization: a 5.6 GB download plus room for context and a runtime allowance. That fits a machine with 16GB RAM.

Parameters
9B
Tier
Runs on a laptop
Licence
See model card
Released
2026-09-01

Will it run on your machine?

8GB RAMNot enough memory16GB RAMRuns well24GB RAMRuns well32GB RAMRuns well64GB RAMRuns well128GB RAMRuns well8GB VRAMTight fit12GB VRAMRuns well16GB VRAMRuns well24GB VRAMRuns well32GB VRAMRuns well

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_Mrecommended5.6 GB6.8 GB11 GBIFM/K2-Horizon-7B-GGUF
Q5_K_M6.5 GB7.7 GB12 GBIFM/K2-Horizon-7B-GGUF
Q6_K7.4 GB8.7 GB13 GBIFM/K2-Horizon-7B-GGUF
Q8_09.6 GB11 GB15 GBIFM/K2-Horizon-7B-GGUF
BF1618 GB20 GB25 GBIFM/K2-Horizon-7B-GGUF

Download sizes are measured from the published files named in the Source column. The RAM columns add the context cache, calculated from the model's configuration, and a runtime allowance of 10% of the download (at least 0.5GB, at most 3GB).

Other sizes of K2-Horizon

K2-Horizon-0.9B1.1B · 1.4 GBK2-Horizon-3.7B5.1B · 4.3 GBK2-Horizon-32B35B · 25 GBK2-Horizon-375B-A23B379B · 242 GB
Model card on HuggingFace →API specs & pricing →Verified 2026-11-10Listed for 120 days after release