Can I Run Codestral on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB?

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Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

No — Codestral doesn't fit the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB's 8 GB; you're short by ~1 GB even at Q2_K. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB Specs

VRAM8 GB
Memory Bandwidth320 GB/s

Codestral 22B on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 8 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✗ No
Q2_K9 GB✗ No

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 8 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 AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB provides (8 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM).

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16 GB VRAM · 360 W board power
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FAQ

Is the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB enough to run Codestral locally?

No — Codestral doesn't fit the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB's 8 GB; you're short by ~1 GB even at Q2_K. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).

What's the cheapest GPU that runs Codestral?

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

Codestral on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB

VRAM Tier

Troubleshooting

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