Can I run a local LLM on Pixel 10 Pro?

Yes, at the right size. Pixel 10 Pro has about 8 GB usable. Try Qwen 3 8B, Qwen 3 4B Instruct 2507, Gemma 3 4B Instruct in LM Mini (the free plan includes four 1–1.7B starter models; bigger catalog models need LM Mini Pro). Bigger models belong on a PC via Connect.

How much RAM does Pixel 10 Pro really have for AI?

16 GB advertised, ~8 GB left for weights + KV cache. That is why 7B Q4 fails on many 8 GB phones.

Android · 2025 · Tensor G5

Local AI on the Pixel 10 Pro

Same 16 GB story as the XL. One of the few phones that can honestly try Qwen 3 8B or Qwen 3.5 9B on-device.

Advertised RAM: 16 GB
Usable for a model: ~8 GB
Compute: Vulkan
LM Mini path: GGUF / Vulkan

Start in LM Mini

Install the app, pick one of these, chat offline. The free plan includes four small starter models (1–1.7B); models marked Pro need LM Mini Pro.

Qwen 3 8B Fits · ~4.7–4.9 GB · Pro

Frontier feel on-device for high-RAM phones and M-series Macs.

Qwen 3 4B Instruct 2507 Runs well · ~2.4–2.5 GB · Pro

Balanced daily driver for Pro phones and Macs — quality without a desktop GPU.

Gemma 3 4B Instruct Runs well · ~2.7–3.7 GB · Pro

Google’s mid-size Gemma 3 — sharper answers; some builds can look at images.

Phi-4 Mini Instruct Runs well · ~2.3–2.4 GB · Pro

Strong reasoning in a phone-friendly package — great for explanations and code-ish help.

Get LM Mini and load a model that actually fits — on-device, or via Connect to a PC.

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What actually fits

Q4 weights plus KV cache. “Tight” means close Chrome first.

Model	Params	Q4	Here	Where
Qwen 3 0.6B	0.6B	~400–500 MB	Runs well	In LM Mini · Pro
Gemma 3 1B Instruct	1B	~700–750 MB	Runs well	In LM Mini · Free
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct	1B	~700–808 MB	Runs well	In LM Mini · Free
DeepSeek R1 Distill 1.5B	1.5B	~1.0–1.1 GB	Runs well	In LM Mini · Free
Qwen 3 1.7B	1.7B	~1.1–1.2 GB	Runs well	In LM Mini · Free
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	3B	~1.9–2.0 GB	Runs well	In LM Mini · Pro
Phi-4 Mini Instruct	3.8B	~2.3–2.4 GB	Runs well	In LM Mini · Pro
Qwen 3 4B Instruct 2507	4B	~2.4–2.5 GB	Runs well	In LM Mini · Pro
Gemma 3 4B Instruct	4B	~2.7–3.7 GB	Runs well	In LM Mini · Pro
Qwen 3.5 0.8B	0.8B	~500–600 MB	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct	1.7B	~1.0 GB	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Qwen 2.5 1.5B Instruct	1.5B	~1.0 GB	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Qwen 3.5 2B	2B	~1.3–1.5 GB	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Gemma 3n E2B	2B	~1.5 GB	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Gemma 4 E2B Instruct	2.3B	~1.4–1.8 GB (Q4/QAT)	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Qwen 2.5 3B Instruct	3B	~1.9 GB	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
SmolLM3 3B	3B	~1.9 GB (Q4)	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Nemotron 3 Nano 4B	4B	~2.5 GB (Q4)	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Qwen 3.5 4B	4B	~2.5–2.8 GB	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Gemma 3n E4B	4B	~2.6 GB (Q4)	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Gemma 4 E4B Instruct	4.5B	~2.6–3.2 GB (Q4/QAT)	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Mistral 7B Instruct	7B	~4.1 GB (Q4)	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
OLMo 3 7B Instruct	7B	~4.3 GB (Q4)	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct	7B	~4.4 GB (Q4)	Runs well	Studio / Ollama
Qwen 3 8B	8B	~4.7–4.9 GB	Fits	In LM Mini · Pro
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	8B	~4.7 GB (Q4)	Fits	Studio / Ollama
DeepSeek R1 Distill 8B	8B	~4.7 GB (Q4)	Fits	Studio / Ollama
Hermes 3 8B	8B	~4.7 GB (Q4)	Fits	Studio / Ollama
Nemotron Nano 9B v2	9B	~5.2 GB (Q4)	Fits	Studio / Ollama
Qwen 3.5 9B	9B	~5.2–5.6 GB (Q4)	Tight	Studio / Ollama
Gemma 2 9B Instruct	9B	~5.4 GB (Q4)	Tight	Studio / Ollama

Too big for this phone

Host these on LM Studio or Ollama, then chat from Pixel 10 Pro.

How we score this

Pixel 10 Pro ships with 16 GB. After Android we budget ~8 GB for inference. A 7B Q4 is ~4.4 GB on disk and wants ~6.5 GB live — that is why it fails on most 8 GB phones. 12–16 GB Android can try 8B. Apple 8 GB phones should live in 1B–4B.