Can Fara 1.5 27B run on Huawei Mate X7?

YESRuns, barely
Formula estimate

What this means

Our estimate says Fara 1.5 27B should fit, but replies are likely to arrive slowly.

Download the Q2_K version, which is about 11.6 GB. We expect it to use about 14.7 GB of the roughly 16 GB available to a model on this phone.

At the estimated speed, a roughly 300-word answer may take about 2 minutes to finish.

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

3tokens/s
estimated · reading pace
14.7GB
needed at Q2_K
Q2_K
quant checked
needs 14.7 GBusable 16 GB
Kirin 9030 Pro20 GB RAMCPU / GPUAlso sold with 12/16 GB

Make it bearable

1
Drop context to 2K — saves ~1 GB of KV cache and a little speed.
2
Close every other app before loading — the 1.3 GB headroom is real; Android may kill the app otherwise.
3
Expect throttling after ~10 min of sustained generation on a phone chassis.

See how fast it feels

Estimated at 3 tokens/s — reading pace. A ~300-word reply takes about 133 seconds on this phone.

Live demo · 3 tokens/s

Where the memory goes

ComponentDetailGB
Model weightsQ2_K GGUF (11.6 GB) + mmap overhead12.2
KV cache4K context window1.9
Runtimellama.cpp + app overhead0.6
Total neededat Q2_K, 4K context14.7
Working budget20 GB RAM Android system reserve16
Headroomremaining inside the working budget1.3

Pick your quant

QuantDownloadVerdictSpeed
Q2_K BEST HERE11.6 GB! Runs, barely~3 tokens/s
Q3_K_M 14.4 GB Won't fitwon't fit
IQ4_XS 15.3 GB Won't fitwon't fit
Q4_0 16.1 GB Won't fitwon't fit
Q4_K_S 16.5 GB Won't fitwon't fit
Q4_K_M 17.5 GB Won't fitwon't fit
Q5_K_M 20.5 GB Won't fitwon't fit
Q6_K 23.2 GB Won't fitwon't fit
Q8_0 28.7 GB Won't fitwon't fit

Use the right workflow for this model

The model fits in memory, but it is not an ordinary chat model.

This model is designed to operate websites from screenshots as a computer-use agent. PocketPal does not provide the required a browser-control harness that repeatedly supplies screenshots and executes the model's actions, so the tracked file is not a beginner phone-chat path.

Read the publisher workflow ↗

If you only want a normal private chat, use this simpler model instead:

Check Llama 3.2 3B

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