Can I Run Codestral on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 29 maja 2024

No — Codestral doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070's 12 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Specs

VRAM12 GB
Memory Bandwidth504 GB/s

Codestral 22B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 12 GB?Max context
F1646.1 GB✗ No
Q8_025.3 GB✗ No
Q6_K19.9 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M17.5 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M15.1 GB✗ No
Q3_K_M11.2 GB✓ Yes4K
Q2_K9 GB✓ Yes16K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 12 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Why It Does Not Fit

Every Codestral variant requires more VRAM than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 provides (12 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM).

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FAQ

Codestral on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 — does it fit?

No — Codestral doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070's 12 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).

What GPU should I get instead to run Codestral?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.

Codestral on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

VRAM Tier

Troubleshooting

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