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All estimates are approximations based on mathematical models and public specifications. Actual performance may vary. Do not make purchasing decisions based solely on these estimates.

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Home/granite 8b code instruct 4k/on RTX 5070 12GB

Can it run?

Can RTX 5070 12GB run granite 8b code instruct 4k?

BGood

Runs well

Using Q4_K_M in Ollama

Capabilities:

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

86.8 tok/s

TTFT

2232 ms

Safe context

23K

Memory

8.5 GB / 12.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights4.9 GB
KV Cache1.3 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom1.2 GB

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
Agentic CodingBRuns well86.8 tok/s3246 ms39K
ChatBRuns well86.8 tok/s1217 ms12K
CodingBRuns well86.8 tok/s2232 ms23K
RAGBRuns well86.8 tok/s4057 ms39K
ReasoningBRuns well86.8 tok/s2637 ms23K

Quantization options

How granite 8b code instruct 4k (8B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 5070 12GB (12.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
3.1 GB
LowD35
Q3_K_S
3
3.9 GB
LowD36
NVFP4
4
4.5 GB
MediumD37
Q4_K_M
4
4.9 GB
MediumD38
Q5_K_M
5
5.8 GB
HighD39
Q6_K
6
6.6 GB
HighC41
Q8_0Best for your GPU
8
8.6 GB
Very HighC44
F16
16
16.4 GB
MaximumF0

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