Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated March 20, 2026
Yes, but it is tight
Yes, but it is tight — Cogito v1 14B at Q5_K_M needs about 12.3 GB of the 12.8 GB usable on 16 GB system RAM, leaving only ~0.5 GB before the runtime starts swapping. Expect ~6.2 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 8,192 tokens of context.
Confidence: medium · Recommended quantization: Q5_K_M · Estimated speed: ~6.2 tok/s
| Usable memory for models | 12.8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 90 GB/s |
| Quant | Memory needed | Fits 12.8 GB? | Max context | Est. speed | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 30.4 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 28 GB |
| Q8_0 | 17.3 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 14.9 GB |
| Q6_K | 13.9 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 11.5 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 12.3 GB | ✓ Yes | 8K | ~6.2 tok/s | 9.9 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 10.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K | ~7.1 tok/s | 8.5 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 8.4 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K | ~9.7 tok/s | 6 GB |
| Q2_K | 7 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K | ~12.1 tok/s | 4.6 GB |
| Variant | Needs at Q4_K_M | Fits? | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cogito v1 70B | 45.7 GB | ✗ Too large | — |
| Cogito v1 32B | 22.3 GB | ✗ Too large | — |
| Cogito v1 14B | 10.9 GB | ✓ Fits | ~7.1 tok/s |
| Cogito v1 8B | 6.7 GB | ✓ Fits | ~12.2 tok/s |
| Cogito v1 3B | 3.6 GB | ✓ Fits | ~27.6 tok/s |
llama.cpp (CPU build) or Ollama — both run without a GPU
Yes, but it is tight — Cogito v1 14B at Q5_K_M needs about 12.3 GB of the 12.8 GB usable on 16 GB system RAM, leaving only ~0.5 GB before the runtime starts swapping. Expect ~6.2 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 8,192 tokens of context.
Q5_K_M — it needs about 12.3 GB of the 12.8 GB available, downloads as roughly 9.9 GB, and runs at an estimated 6.2 tokens/sec with up to 8K of context.
Nothing binding — the model fits with headroom and generates at a usable speed on this hardware.
llama.cpp (CPU build) or Ollama — both run without a GPU
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