From 4600131fea40e79d5906c390e2ba669330ba03f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Han <danielhanchen@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:22:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] studio: sort OOM GGUF variants smallest-to-largest

OOM variants are more useful sorted ascending by size since smaller ones
are more likely to run with --fit. Non-OOM variants remain largest-first
(best quality).
---
 .../src/components/assistant-ui/model-selector/pickers.tsx     | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/components/assistant-ui/model-selector/pickers.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/components/assistant-ui/model-selector/pickers.tsx
index bf60f9c51a..2bece10e8a 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/components/assistant-ui/model-selector/pickers.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/components/assistant-ui/model-selector/pickers.tsx
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ function GgufVariantExpander({
       const bOom = gpuGb != null && gpuGb > 0 && bGb > 0 && checkVramFit(bGb, gpuGb) === "exceeds";
       if (aOom !== bOom) return aOom ? 1 : -1;
 
-      return b.size_bytes - a.size_bytes;
+      // Non-OOM: largest first (best quality); OOM: smallest first (most likely to fit)
+      return aOom ? a.size_bytes - b.size_bytes : b.size_bytes - a.size_bytes;
     });
   }, [variants, effectiveRecommended, gpuGb]);