Can I Run Codestral on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)?

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2024年5月29日

No — Codestral doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)'s 12 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) Specs

VRAM12 GB
Memory Bandwidth360 GB/s

Codestral 22B on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB): 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 3060 (12GB) provides (12 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB
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FAQ

Codestral on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) — does it fit?

No — Codestral doesn't fit the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)'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 3060 (12GB)

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