GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking
10.3B parameters · 64k context · MIT · released 2025-06-28
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In short
The cheapest hardware in Germany that runs GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking fully in memory at 128k context is the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, 855 € at Amazon, at about 26 tok/s (estimated).
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
What to run it on in Germany
Fully in memory at 128k context, priced at retailers today.
Cheapest
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT26tok/sest.mlx-8bit
855 €
Best value
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT26tok/sest.mlx-8bit
855 €
Fastest
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509065tok/sest.mlx-8bit
6.028 €
Mac
Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB21tok/sest.mlx-8bit
4.183 €
All hardware that runs it
Everything we price, best value first. Two cards split the model by layers.
| Hardware | Quant | Fits | Decode | Price | tok/s per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Tesla P40 | mlx-8bit | fits | 13 tok/s | 369 € | 33.9 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | mlx-8bit | fits | 26 tok/s | 855 € | 30.1 |
| Intel Arc Pro B60 | mlx-8bit | fits | 13 tok/s | 1.074 € | 12.4 |
| Mac mini M4 32GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 5 tok/s | 1.400 € | 3.3 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | mlx-8bit | fits | 31 tok/s | 1.555 € | 19.8 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | mlx-8bit | fits | 34 tok/s | 1.850 € | 18.3 |
| AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 | mlx-8bit | fits | 21 tok/s | 1.867 € | 11.0 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | mlx-8bit | fits | 37 tok/s | 2.500 € | 14.6 |
| Mac mini M4 Pro 48GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 10 tok/s | 2.699 € | 3.9 |
| Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 10 tok/s | 2.799 € | 3.7 |
| GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 8 tok/s | 3.700 € | 2.2 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | mlx-8bit | fits | 37 tok/s | 3.955 € | 9.2 |
| Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 21 tok/s | 4.183 € | 4.9 |
| Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 21 tok/s | 5.800 € | 3.6 |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 31 tok/s | 5.999 € | 5.2 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | mlx-8bit | fits | 65 tok/s | 6.028 € | 10.7 |
| NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 10 tok/s | 8.313 € | 1.2 |
| ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 10 tok/s | 8.623 € | 1.1 |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 31 tok/s | 15.555 € | 2.0 |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra 512GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 31 tok/s | 18.995 € | 1.6 |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | mlx-8bit | fits | 65 tok/s | 19.076 € | 3.4 |
| Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 8 tok/s | – | – |
| Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB | mlx-8bit | fits | 8 tok/s | – | – |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB | mlx-8bit | offload | 6 tok/s | 309 € | 19.4 |
| Intel Arc B580 | mlx-8bit | offload | 6 tok/s | 360 € | 16.1 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB | mlx-8bit | offload | 6 tok/s | 500 € | 11.2 |
| AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB | mlx-8bit | offload | 8 tok/s | 550 € | 14.0 |
| Intel Arc A770 16GB | mlx-8bit | offload | 10 tok/s | 646 € | 15.6 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB | mlx-8bit | offload | 8 tok/s | 650 € | 12.5 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | mlx-8bit | offload | 7 tok/s | 699 € | 9.9 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super | mlx-8bit | offload | 7 tok/s | 707 € | 9.2 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | mlx-8bit | offload | 11 tok/s | 739 € | 14.3 |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | mlx-8bit | offload | 11 tok/s | 778 € | 14.7 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT | mlx-8bit | offload | 7 tok/s | 813 € | 8.9 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | mlx-8bit | offload | 11 tok/s | 1.002 € | 11.2 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super | mlx-8bit | offload | 14 tok/s | 1.100 € | 12.5 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | mlx-8bit | offload | 15 tok/s | 1.149 € | 13.0 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | mlx-8bit | offload | 13 tok/s | 1.247 € | 10.5 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | mlx-8bit | offload | 15 tok/s | 1.500 € | 10.2 |
1 other card or machine we price cannot hold it at this context.
Memory needed
Weights, KV cache and runtime buffers at each context length (KV cache at fp16).
| Quant | File | @8k | @32k | @64k |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mlx-8bitmlx | 11.0 GB | 12.0 GB | 13.1 GB | 14.5 GB |
Run it
Copy a command for the runtime you use.
- mlx-8bit
- LM Studio
lms get mlx-community/GLM-4.1V-9B-Thinking-8bit - MLX
mlx_lm.server --model mlx-community/GLM-4.1V-9B-Thinking-8bit
- LM Studio
Notes
Needs transformers 4.57.1 or later. It is a 9B bilingual (Chinese/English) vision-language reasoning model that handles images up to 4K resolution at any aspect ratio.
Questions
- What is the best GPU for running GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking locally?
- The cheapest hardware in Germany that runs GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking fully in memory at 128k context is the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, 855 € at Amazon, at about 26 tok/s (estimated). The fastest we price is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, at about 65 tok/s.
- Can I run GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking on a 16 GB GPU?
- Only partly: at 128k context it does not fit in 16 GB, so part of it runs from system RAM and it slows to about 8 tok/s on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (estimated).
- Can I run GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking on a 24 GB GPU?
- Yes: at mlx-8bit it fits fully in 24 GB at 128k context. On the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti it runs at about 37 tok/s (estimated).
- What licence is GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking released under?
- MIT, which allows commercial use.