Can it run?
Runs well
Using Q4_K_M in Ollama
Fit status
Runs well
Decode
56.7 tok/s
TTFT
3417 ms
Safe context
25K
Memory
7.8 GB / 12.0 GB
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic Coding | B | Runs well | 57.4 tok/s | 4902 ms | 43K |
| Chat | C | Runs well | 57.4 tok/s | 1838 ms | 13K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 56.7 tok/s | 3417 ms | 25K |
| RAG | B | Runs well | 57.4 tok/s | 6128 ms | 43K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 57.4 tok/s | 3983 ms | 25K |
How Mistral 7B Instruct v0.2 (7B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 3500 Ada Laptop 12GB (12.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | D34 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | D36 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
3.9 GB |
| Medium |
| D36 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | D37 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | D38 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | D40 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | C43 |
F16 | 16 | 14.3 GB | Maximum | F0 |
