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Spark-X2.5 4B
SparkLLM (XHToken) · Spark-X2 · released 2026-08-24 · data checked 2026-11-01
Spark-X2.5 4B is a 4.1B-parameter dense model from SparkLLM (XHToken) (China), released 2026-08-24 under the Apache-2.0 license. It scores 65.5 on the Small LM Index, #3 of 21 tiny models. It needs about 3.4 GB of memory at 4-bit with an 8K-token context.
Benchmarks
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Specifications
- Lab
- SparkLLM (XHToken) (CN · China)
- Architecture
- Dense transformer
- Total parameters
- 4.1B
- Active parameters
- All (dense)
- Size class
- Tiny
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Input modalities
- text
- Reasoning
- Hybrid (thinking on/off)
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Openness
- Open weights
- Memory to run
- ~3.4 GB at 4-bit, 8K context (more sizes)
- Hugging Face
- 30.3K downloads (30 days) · 1.4K likes
Compare with
- Spark-X2.5 4B vs Nanbeige4.2 3B (4.2B, index 70.4)
- Spark-X2.5 4B vs Spark-X2.6 4B (4.1B, index 67.5)
- Spark-X2.5 4B vs Qwen3.5 4B (4B, index 57.8)
- Spark-X2.5 4B vs Qwen3 4B Thinking 2507 (4B, index 55.7)
- Spark-X2.5 4B vs Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B (4B, index 60.0)
- Spark-X2.5 4B vs Gemma 3 4B (4.3B, index 17.5)
Ranked in
- #3 in Best LLMs that run on an 8 GB GPU or laptop
- #3 in Best LLMs that run on a 16 GB GPU
- #3 in Best tiny LLMs for phones and edge devices
Sources
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Run it locally
Uses XHToken/Spark-X2.5-4B-GGUF (Q4_K_M). Swap the tag for another size: Q4_K_M, Q8_0.
ollama run hf.co/XHToken/Spark-X2.5-4B-GGUF:Q4_K_Mllama-server -hf XHToken/Spark-X2.5-4B-GGUF:Q4_K_Mpip install -U mlx-lm
mlx_lm.chat --model mlx-community/Spark-X2.5-4B-OptiQ-4bitvllm serve XHToken/Spark-X2.5-4BMemory needed: weights, context cache and runtime buffers.
| Quantization | 4K context | 32K context | 256K context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-bit F16 | 9.0 GB | 10 GB | 19 GB |
| 8-bit Q8_0 | 5.2 GB | 6.2 GB | 15 GB |
| 4-bit Q4_K_M | 3.3 GB | 4.3 GB | 13 GB |