Laptop 16GB

We count about 16 GB memory. A model is listed when its smallest file asks for no more than 16 GB.

Models that fit on a Laptop 16GB

Gemma 3 12B
great at writing text on a 16 GB machine
WritingChatArchiveTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
8.2 GB · Free · Gemma Terms of Use
Qwen3 8B
a quick chatbot that fits smaller computers
WritingChatArchiveCodeTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
5.2 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
Gemma 3n E4B
pleasant everyday notes on a laptop
WritingChat
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
5 GB · Free · Gemma Terms of Use
Gemma 3 4B
great at writing text, and it can look at a photo
WritingChatTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
3.4 GB · Free · Gemma Terms of Use
Phi-4 14B
careful answers, strong for its size
WritingChatCode
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
9.1 GB · Free · MIT
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B
helps with short bits of code
Code
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Mini PC
4.7 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
Aya Expanse 8B
writes and translates across languages
WritingChatTranslate
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
5 GB · Free · CC-BY-NC 4.0
NLLB-200 1.3B
translates many languages
Translate
Runs in:
- LibreTranslate
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
2.5 GB · Free · CC-BY-NC 4.0
Llama 3.2 3B
great at short rewrites on a tiny computer
WritingChat
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
2 GB · Free · Llama 3.2 Community License
Whisper large-v3
turns speech into text, the accuracy pick
Transcript
Runs in:
- MacWhisper
- whisper.cpp
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
3.1 GB · Free · MIT
Whisper large-v3 turbo
turns recordings into text, with less waiting
Transcript
Runs in:
- MacWhisper
- whisper.cpp
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
1.6 GB · Free · MIT
Chatterbox
reads text aloud with more expression
Voice
Runs in:
- Chatterbox
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
2 GB · Free · MIT
olmOCR 2 7B
reads text from scans (OCR), including tables
Scan
Runs in:
- LM Studio
- olmOCR
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
5.5 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
Kokoro 82M
reads text aloud in a warm voice
Voice
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Kokoro
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.3 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
Distil-Whisper large-v3
turns speech into text, in a smaller file
Transcript
Runs in:
- MacWhisper
- whisper.cpp
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
1.5 GB · Free · MIT
Qwen2.5-VL 7B
reads text from scans (OCR) and answers about the picture
Scan
Runs in:
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
6 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
FLUX.2 Klein 4B
makes sharper pictures in a smaller file
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Draw Things
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
8 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
FLUX.1 Schnell
makes pictures quickly
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Draw Things
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
8 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
Wan 2.1 1.3B
makes a short, rough video clip
Video
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
8 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
Whisper small
turns speech into text, almost anywhere
Transcript
Runs in:
- MacWhisper
- whisper.cpp
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.5 GB · Free · MIT
Stable Diffusion XL
makes pictures on small computers
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
- Draw Things
Fits on:
- Mini PC
- Laptop 16GB
7 GB · Free · OpenRAIL++
PaddleOCR
reads text from scans (OCR), including tilted photos
Scan
Runs in:
- PaddleOCR
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.2 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
Piper (English)
reads text aloud in a plain voice
Voice
Runs in:
- Piper
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.1 GB · Free · GPL-3.0
Tesseract
reads text from scans (OCR)
Scan
Runs in:
- Tesseract
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0 GB · Free · Apache 2.0
Real-ESRGAN
enlarges a picture you already have
Images
Runs in:
- ComfyUI
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.3 GB · Free · BSD 3-Clause
bge-m3
archives and searches your documents
Archive
Runs in:
- AnythingLLM
- Open WebUI
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
1.2 GB · Free · MIT
nomic-embed-text
searches English documents
Archive
Runs in:
- AnythingLLM
- Ollama
Fits on:
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Phone
0.3 GB · Free · Apache 2.0