| quant | needs | speed |
|---|---|---|
| ~ Q8_0 | 16.8 GB | ~7–12 tok/s (usable) |
| ✓ Q5_K_M | 11.8 GB | ~35–55 tok/s (fast) |
| ✓ Q4_K_M | 10.3 GB | ~40–65 tok/s (very fast) |
| ✓ Q3_K_M | 8.7 GB | ~45–80 tok/s (very fast) |
Same model, other machines: Apple M1 · Apple M1 Pro · Apple M2 · Apple M3 Pro · Apple M2 Pro · Apple M4 Pro
Also runs on a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080: DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Qwen2.5 · Qwen3 · Gemma 4 · Gemma 3
Best models for a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 · 16GB VRAM →
These share Qwen2.5-Coder's KV-cache geometry — they size memory the same way, so here's how they fit on a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 · 16GB VRAM too:
| model | shares | verdict here |
|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 | 8kv/128hd | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| Llama 3.2 | 8kv/128hd | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| Llama 3.3 | 8kv/128hd | ❌ Won't fit |
| Mistral 7B | 8kv/128hd | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| Mistral Small 3 | 8kv/128hd | ✅ Runs (tight) |
| Mistral Nemo | 8kv/128hd | ✅ Runs (tight) |
| Codestral | 8kv/128hd | ✅ Runs (tight) |
| Llama 3.2 Vision | 8kv/128hd | ✅ Runs (tight) |
…and 12 more — see the Qwen2.5-Coder page.
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