Can I Run Command R Family on Beelink SER9 (Ryzen AI 9, 32 GB)?

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Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated April 4, 2024

Yes — comfortably

Yes, comfortably — Command R (35B) at Q2_K needs about 23 GB of the 32 GB usable on Beelink SER9 (Ryzen AI 9, 32 GB), leaving ~9 GB spare and running at ~5.3 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 8,192 tokens of context.

Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q2_K · Estimated speed: ~5.3 tok/s

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Beelink SER9 (Ryzen AI 9, 32 GB) — what it gives a model

Usable memory for models	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	120 GB/s
Form factor	Mini PC
Operating system	Windows or Linux
Memory upgradeable	Yes
Price	$859 (lib/data/ai-stations.ts (street price), checked 2026-07-06)

Command R Family on Beelink SER9 (Ryzen AI 9, 32 GB): memory by quantization

Quant	Memory needed	Fits 32 GB?	Max context	Est. speed	Download
F16	81.5 GB	✗ No	—	—	70 GB
Q8_0	48.7 GB	✗ No	—	—	37.2 GB
Q6_K	40.2 GB	✗ No	—	—	28.7 GB
Q5_K_M	36.3 GB	✗ No	—	—	24.8 GB
Q4_K_M	32.7 GB	✗ No	—	—	21.1 GB
Q3_K_M	26.5 GB	✓ Yes	8K	~4.4 tok/s	14.9 GB
Q2_K	23 GB	✓ Yes	8K	~5.3 tok/s	11.5 GB

Which Command R Family sizes fit

Variant	Needs at Q4_K_M	Fits?	Est. speed
Command R+ (104B)	65.7 GB	✗ Too large	—
Command R (35B)	32.7 GB	✗ Too large	—

What to watch out for

Q2_K is the only quantization that fits, and it is a heavily degraded one — expect noticeably worse output than the same model at Q4_K_M. A smaller model at Q4 is usually the better trade.
2 larger variants of Command R Family do not fit and would need CPU offload or different hardware.

Beelink SER9 32 GB limitations

Shares system memory with the iGPU, so the usable model budget is well below the nominal 32 GB.
Memory bandwidth, not capacity, is the limit here — expect single-digit tokens/sec on large models.

Recommended setup

Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving

How these numbers are calculated

Memory need = quantized weights + KV cache at 8,192 tokens (f16) + 0.8 GB runtime overhead.
32 GB unified memory at 120 GB/s, shared between CPU and GPU.
Throughput is a memory-bandwidth roofline estimate, not a measurement. It is labelled "estimated" everywhere it appears.
KV cache is computed from this model's published attention configuration.

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