Can Fara 1.5 4B run on Redmi Note 15 5G?

YESRuns, barely
Formula estimate

What this means

Our estimate says Fara 1.5 4B should fit, but replies are likely to arrive slowly.

Download the Q4_K_M version, which is about 2.9 GB. We expect it to use about 4 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 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.

4tokens/s
estimated · reading pace
4GB
needed at Q4_K_M
Q4_K_M
quant checked
needs 4 GBusable 9 GB
Snapdragon 6 Gen 312 GB RAMCPU / GPUAlso sold with 6/8 GB

Make it bearable

1
Drop context to 2K — saves ~0.2 GB of KV cache and a little speed.
2
Close every other app before loading — the 5 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 4 tokens/s — reading pace. A ~300-word reply takes about 100 seconds on this phone.

Live demo · 4 tokens/s

Where the memory goes

ComponentDetailGB
Model weightsQ4_K_M GGUF (2.9 GB) + mmap overhead3
KV cache4K context window0.3
Runtimellama.cpp + app overhead0.6
Total neededat Q4_K_M, 4K context4
Working budget12 GB RAM Android system reserve9
Headroomremaining inside the working budget5

Pick your quant

QuantDownloadVerdictSpeed
Q2_K 2.1 GB! Runs, barely~5.5 tokens/s
Q3_K_M 2.4 GB! Runs, barely~4.8 tokens/s
IQ4_XS 2.5 GB! Runs, barely~4.6 tokens/s
Q4_0 2.6 GB! Runs, barely~4.4 tokens/s
Q4_K_S 2.7 GB! Runs, barely~4.3 tokens/s
Q4_K_M BEST HERE2.9 GB! Runs, barely~4 tokens/s
Q5_K_M 3.3 GB! Runs, barely~3.5 tokens/s
Q6_K 3.7 GB! Runs, barely~3.1 tokens/s
Q8_0 4.5 GB! Runs, barely~2.6 tokens/s

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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