Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated January 25, 2025
Yes
Yes — Qwen 2.5 VL 7B Instruct at Q5_K_M needs about 7.1 GB of the 8 GB usable on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM) (~0.9 GB spare), at ~31.1 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 16,384 tokens of context.
Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q5_K_M · Estimated speed: ~31.1 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 | 17.8 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 16.6 GB |
| Q8_0 | 10.1 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 8.8 GB |
| Q6_K | 8.1 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 6.8 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 7.1 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K | ~31.1 tok/s | 5.9 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 6.3 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K | ~35.8 tok/s | 5 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 4.8 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K | ~48.3 tok/s | 3.5 GB |
| Q2_K | 4 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~59.7 tok/s | 2.7 GB |
| Variant | Needs at Q4_K_M | Fits? | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct | 47.8 GB | ✗ Too large | — |
| Qwen 2.5 VL 7B Instruct | 6.3 GB | ✓ Fits | ~35.8 tok/s |
Ollama or llama.cpp (CUDA/ROCm) — vLLM if you need concurrent serving
Yes — Qwen 2.5 VL 7B Instruct at Q5_K_M needs about 7.1 GB of the 8 GB usable on RTX 4060 Laptop (8 GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM) (~0.9 GB spare), at ~31.1 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 16,384 tokens of context.
Q5_K_M — it needs about 7.1 GB of the 8 GB available, downloads as roughly 5.9 GB, and runs at an estimated 31.1 tokens/sec with up to 16K 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
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