Can Ternary Bonsai 4B run on Galaxy S26 FE?

Galaxy S26 FE is not officially announced yet — chip and RAM below are consistent leaked specs. This page updates the moment official specs land.
YESRuns great
Formula estimate

What this means

Our estimate says Ternary Bonsai 4B should fit comfortably on your Galaxy S26 FE.

Download the Q2_0 version, which is about 1.1 GB. We expect it to use about 2 GB of the roughly 6 GB available to a model on this phone.

At the estimated speed, a roughly 300-word answer may take about 13 seconds to finish.

This result is calculated from the phone and model specifications. It has not been measured on this exact phone and setup.

31.4tokens/s
estimated · instant
2GB
needed at Q2_0
Q2_0
quant checked
needs 2 GBusable 6 GB
Exynos 25008 GB RAMCPU / GPU

See how fast it feels

Estimated at 31.4 tokens/s — instant. A ~300-word reply takes about 13 seconds on this phone.

Live demo · 31.4 tokens/s

Where the memory goes

ComponentDetailGB
Model weightsQ2_0 GGUF (1.1 GB) + mmap overhead1.2
KV cache4K context window0.3
Runtimellama.cpp + app overhead0.6
Total neededat Q2_0, 4K context2
Working budget8 GB RAM Android system reserve6
Headroomremaining inside the working budget4

Pick your quant

QuantDownloadVerdictSpeed
Q2_0 BEST HERE1.1 GB Runs great~31.4 tokens/s
Q2_0_g64 1.1 GB Runs great~31.4 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:

Check Bonsai 27B (1-bit)

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