作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2024年12月18日
Yes, but it is tight
Yes, but it is tight — Falcon 3 7B Instruct at Q4_K_M needs about 6.2 GB of the 6.4 GB usable on 8 GB system RAM, leaving only ~0.2 GB before the runtime starts swapping. Expect ~13.1 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 8,192 tokens of context.
Confidence: medium · Recommended quantization: Q4_K_M · Estimated speed: ~13.1 tok/s
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| Usable memory for models | 6.4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 90 GB/s |
| Quant | Memory needed | Fits 6.4 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 | ✗ No | — | — | 6.1 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 7 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 5.3 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 6.2 GB | ✓ Yes | 8K | ~13.1 tok/s | 4.5 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 4.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K | ~17.7 tok/s | 3.2 GB |
| Q2_K | 4.2 GB | ✓ Yes | 16K | ~21.9 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 | ~13.1 tok/s |
| Falcon 3 3B Instruct | 3.5 GB | ✓ Fits | ~27.2 tok/s |
llama.cpp (CPU build) or Ollama — both run without a GPU
Yes, but it is tight — Falcon 3 7B Instruct at Q4_K_M needs about 6.2 GB of the 6.4 GB usable on 8 GB system RAM, leaving only ~0.2 GB before the runtime starts swapping. Expect ~13.1 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 8,192 tokens of context.
Q4_K_M — it needs about 6.2 GB of the 6.4 GB available, downloads as roughly 4.5 GB, and runs at an estimated 13.1 tokens/sec with up to 8K of context.
Nothing binding — the model fits with headroom and generates at a usable speed on this hardware.
llama.cpp (CPU build) or Ollama — both run without a GPU