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Home/starcoder2 15b instruct v0.1/on RX 7900 XT 20GB

Can it run?

Can RX 7900 XT 20GB run starcoder2 15b instruct v0.1?

CUsable

Runs well

Using Q4_K_M in Ollama

Capabilities:

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

52.5 tok/s

TTFT

3691 ms

Safe context

22K

Memory

14.7 GB / 20.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights9.2 GB
KV Cache2.3 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom2.0 GB

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
Agentic CodingCTight fit52.5 tok/s5368 ms38K
ChatCRuns well52.5 tok/s2013 ms12K
CodingCRuns well52.5 tok/s3691 ms22K
RAGCTight fit52.5 tok/s6710 ms38K
ReasoningCRuns well52.5 tok/s4362 ms22K

Quantization options

How starcoder2 15b instruct v0.1 (15B params) fits at each quantization level on RX 7900 XT 20GB (20.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
5.9 GB
LowD35
Q3_K_S
3
7.4 GB
LowD37
NVFP4
4
8.4 GB
MediumD38
Q4_K_M
4
9.2 GB
MediumD39
Q5_K_M
5
10.8 GB
HighC40
Q6_KBest for your GPU
6
12.3 GB
HighC42
Q8_0
8
16.1 GB
Very HighC44
F16
16
30.7 GB
MaximumF0

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NVIDIARTX 4090 24GBBudget pick
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~$1,599 MSRP

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