Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated December 18, 2024
Yes, but it is tight
Yes, but it is tight — Falcon 3 7B Instruct at Q6_K needs about 7.9 GB of the 8 GB usable on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM), leaving only ~0.1 GB before the runtime starts swapping. Expect ~29 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 8,192 tokens of context.
Confidence: medium · Recommended quantization: Q6_K · Estimated speed: ~29 tok/s
| Usable memory for models | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 272 GB/s |
| Form factor | Laptop |
| Operating system | Windows or Linux |
| Memory upgradeable | Yes |
| Price | $1,099 (lib/data/laptops.ts (street price), checked 2026-07-06) |
| Quant | Memory needed | Fits 8 GB? | Max context | Est. speed | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 16.7 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 14.9 GB |
| Q8_0 | 9.7 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 7.9 GB |
| Q6_K | 7.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 8K | ~29 tok/s | 6.1 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 7 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K | ~32.8 tok/s | 5.3 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 6.2 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K | ~37.6 tok/s | 4.5 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 4.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K | ~49.7 tok/s | 3.2 GB |
| Q2_K | 4.2 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K | ~60.3 tok/s | 2.5 GB |
| Variant | Needs at Q4_K_M | Fits? | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon 3 10B Instruct | 8.4 GB | ✗ Too large | — |
| Falcon 3 7B Instruct | 6.2 GB | ✓ Fits | ~37.6 tok/s |
| Falcon 3 3B Instruct | 3.5 GB | ✓ Fits | ~73.5 tok/s |
Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving
Yes, but it is tight — Falcon 3 7B Instruct at Q6_K needs about 7.9 GB of the 8 GB usable on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM), leaving only ~0.1 GB before the runtime starts swapping. Expect ~29 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 8,192 tokens of context.
Q6_K — it needs about 7.9 GB of the 8 GB available, downloads as roughly 6.1 GB, and runs at an estimated 29 tokens/sec with up to 8K of context.
Nothing binding — the model fits with headroom and generates at a usable speed on this hardware.
Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving