Can Ternary Bonsai 4B run on Galaxy S26?
YES — Runs great
Formula estimate
What this means
Our estimate says Ternary Bonsai 4B should fit comfortably on your Galaxy S26.
Download the Q2_0 version, which is about 1.1 GB. We expect it to use about 2 GB of the roughly 9 GB available to a model on this phone.
At the estimated speed, a roughly 300-word answer may take about 12 seconds to finish.
This result is calculated from the phone and model specifications. It has not been measured on this exact phone and setup.
34.7tokens/s
estimated · instant
2GB
needed at Q2_0
Q2_0
quant checked
needs 2 GBusable 9 GB
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 512 GB RAMCPU / GPU
See how fast it feels
Estimated at 34.7 tokens/s — instant. A ~300-word reply takes about 12 seconds on this phone.
Where the memory goes
| Component | Detail | GB |
|---|---|---|
| Model weights | Q2_0 GGUF (1.1 GB) + mmap overhead | 1.2 |
| KV cache | 4K context window | 0.3 |
| Runtime | llama.cpp + app overhead | 0.6 |
| Total needed | at Q2_0, 4K context | 2 |
| Working budget | 12 GB RAM − Android system reserve | 9 |
| Headroom | remaining inside the working budget | 7 |
Pick your quant
| Quant | Download | Verdict | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_0 BEST HERE | 1.1 GB | ✓ Runs great | ~34.7 tokens/s |
| Q2_0_g64 | 1.1 GB | ✓ Runs great | ~34.7 tokens/s |
Use the supported phone path
The model fits in memory, but this exact download is not a PocketPal model.
The current App Store and Play Store versions of PocketPal cannot load this tracked ternary file. Memory fit does not make this exact download beginner-ready.
For the same kind of chat in PocketPal, use this supported build instead:
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